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concentrate on the health care of Travellers; develop health education
services for Travellers in the most appropriate and accessible format; set
up an operational forum where issues can be discussed; acknowledge the
expertise of health professionals who have worked with Travellers over a
number of years; collaborate in joint strategic planning; improve
communication between Travellers and statutory bodies.
o For more detailed recommendations see the report itself (Tavares and
Travellers Health Partnership 2001) and the national study report (Parry,
Van Clemmput et al. 2004).
o However, as noted in the Leeds study (Tavares and Travellers Health
Partnership 2001) the needs of different Gypsy and Travellers may be
different. [Since the Mental Health Equity Audit was completed a local
survey has been completed with 100 Gypsy and Travellers – see section
8.2.2 on page 242].
Improvements in Access to Targeted and Intensive Services for Children and
Young People in Hull. For improvements in access to targeted and intensive
services (CAMHS Tiers 2, 3 and 4 for children and young people in Hull, it is
recommended that: -
o The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) should be recognised as the
gateway from Universal (Primary) provision to Targeted (Secondary)
services for children & young people who are experiencing emotional wellbeing
difficulties. The CAF process should complement other statutory
services including, Looked-After Children, Youth Offending populations
and children and young people receiving services within a Safeguarding
environment. Once fully implemented (March 2008) the CAF will provide
quantitative and qualitative data on the needs of children and young
people in Hull. This will assist with the identification of service user needs
and subsequent service provision. This information should be used to
complement service commissioning.
o The Primary Mental Health Worker process (Gale, Hassett et al. 2005)
should be made operational to provide a single point of access for
Targeted and Intensive services for children and young people in Hull by
September 2007.
o Provider services should continue with their implementation of the CAMHS
Outcome Research Consortium (CORC) evaluation measures. This
process should directly evaluate service user views on provision and set
the findings into a national context. The findings should be used to
complement service commissioning. In addition advocacy and participation
workers should be made available.
o Promoting emotional well being should be seen as a core health area and
training should be provided to raise awareness and up-skill staff including
GPs, Practice Nurses, Health Visitors and others..
o Improving access to services for children in special circumstances should
be a key aim and there should be a focus on Children and young people
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