How Health Innovation North West Coast supports mental health services
Health Innovation North West Coast is an innovation partner for mental health working across our two Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) in Cheshire and Merseyside and Lancashire and South Cumbria.
We build and hold strategic relationships that enable us to articulate the needs of the system and identify opportunities for mental health innovation. We provide support with building cultures and capability for improvement, and promoting the adoption and spread of innovation in line with mental health system priorities.
As part of our core commissions we work on the spread of national programmes and develop locally-agreed programmes. We can also offer bespoke commissioned work.
24/25 Mental Health Programmes
Children and Young People's Mental Health Programme
Aim: To bring system partners and young people together to explore how to improve our mental health services for 16-25 year olds.
Adult ADHD Programme
Aim: To support Cheshire & Merseyside ICB with the implementation of a service model for integrated Adult ADHD.
Externally Commissioned Mental Health Work
Aim: To offer additional bespoke programmes to support the mental health system.
Mental Health Innovations
Aim: To work with national and international health and care innovators to support the adoption and spread of innovative technology.
Previous programmes
Reducing Restrictive Practice
This programme builds on the work of the Reducing Restrictive Practice Collaborative, hosted by the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health.
Early Intervention Eating Disorders
This programme is supporting mental health teams across the North West Coast to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders in young people aged between 16 and 25.
Children and Young People's ADHD Programme (Qbtest)
We are working with mental health trusts and community paediatric services across the region to improve the ADHD assessment offer to children and young people by implementing a computer based objective assessment tool (measuring attention, impulsivity and activity) to supplement current clinical assessment processes.