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<p>The Ten Year Framework for Mental Health Research was published on the Government
website in December in response to Recommendation 26 in the Five Year Forward View
and offers a collective view of how mental health research should move forward over
the next decade.</p><p> </p><p>In response to recommendation 28, NHS England has supported
the delivery of six digital mental health projects focussing on improved use of data
and system interoperability, information to promote wellbeing, better use of services
and self-management, accelerated design and uptake of digital therapies. Seven mental
health trusts are now recognised as Global Digital Exemplars, receiving up to £5 million
each. They are setting ambitious programmes of work aiming to explore how digital
tools and digital solutions to improve efficiency and interoperability, which can
be used across a mental health service to deliver better outcomes and more effective
working practices.</p><p> </p><p>We also launched the NHS Apps library in April 2017,
which includes six digital tools focusing on mental health, which have been through
the approvals process. NHS Digital are also working to improve the mental health content
available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk</a></p><p>
</p><p>On recommendation 29, the Government’s 2017-2019 Integrationand Better Care
Fund Policy Framework and the subsequent Integration and Better Care Fund (BCF) planning
requirements for 2017 – 2019 both reference the need to include mental health services
when reporting on integrated work funded by the BCF. Social work services are also
recognised as key partners in integrated working, with many BCF-funded local multi-disciplinary
teams now including social workers, as recently mentioned in the Chief Social Worker’s
annual report (2018).</p>
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