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o Furthermore, it would be useful to explore the process by which causes of
death are assigned, for example, by meeting with the local Registrar.
Continue to Develop Strategies
o One of the most important recommendations is to continue to develop
current and new innovative strategies and continue to develop this agenda
by engaging with others to reduce inequalities.
o It is recommended that there should be an implementation phase for Hull
and East Riding of Yorkshire in which a group is formed to oversee
implementation of these recommendations. Existing members of the
equity audit group have expressed willingness to engage in this process.
o The next years will see resounding changes to the commissioning and
provision of mental health services throughout the UK, and in Hull and
East Yorkshire. The implementation group should be willing to consider
radical solutions in order to make much needed improvements to Mental
Health Service Provision in the area.
Collaboration with Providers
o This Equity Audit recognises the growing need for strong partnership
arrangements as we move into a new and more demanding period of
health care provision, where inequalities are recognised as a priority in the
commissioning and provision of Mental Health Services.
10.9.3.10 Progress Towards Targets
Following the change in the government in May 2010, new outcomes are now under
consultation (see section 3.3.6.2 on page 52). One of the outcomes proposed is the
mortality rate from suicide and undetermined injury, and a number of targets relating to
people with learning disabilities or mental health problems, such as the percentage of
people with mental illness and/or disability in employment, the percentage of people with
serious mental illness who smoke and the mortality rate of people with mental illness.
The mortality rate from suicide and undetermined injury is available nationally, but is a
narrow indicator to measure mental health and is subject to year-on-year variability due
to the relatively small numbers. However, other measures relating to people with mental
illness etc, depend on knowing who has mental illness, and there are problems with
these types of indicators if there is a high prevalence of undiagnosed mental illness. It is
not clear how accurate information for these measures can be collected. The mortality
rate from suicide and undetermined injury is given in section 10.9.8 on page 706.
Prior to the reorganisation which is currently underway within the NHS, the World Class
Commissioning (WCC) target chosen for mental health was to provide a choice of
appropriate, comprehensive, integrated mental health services within a maximum of 14
days from referral to intervention over the next five years. A single point of access
telephone number was been set up which enabled health professionals to refer patients
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