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<p>Public Health England (PHE) provides a variety of resources to support local authorities
in managing the increase in mental ill health.</p><p>PHE also provides local government
with data on mental health to local authority level via our National Mental Health
Intelligence Service. This can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-data-and-analysis-a-guide-for-health-professionals"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mental-health-data-and-analysis-a-guide-for-health-professionals</a></p><p>A
dedicated profiling tool on our PHE fingertips platform is available at the following
link:</p><p><a href="http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/mental-health/" target="_blank">http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile-group/mental-health/</a></p><p>PHE
published a suite of evidence for local areas and local government in August 2017
at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevention-concordat-for-better-mental-health-consensus-statement"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevention-concordat-for-better-mental-health-consensus-statement</a></p><p>This
includes work on Commissioning Cost Effective Interventions at the following link:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-services-cost-effective-commissioning"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-health-services-cost-effective-commissioning</a></p><p>These
resources give local authorities the evidence they need to take action for mental
health promotion and prevention.</p><p> </p><p>PHE provides support to local areas
through its Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health and through the work of
the nine PHE local centres who support local authorities in their local areas. To
date, over 70 national organisations and 70 local authorities have signed up to the
Prevention Concordat programme. The target is to achieve full sign up of all local
areas by the end of 2020/21. This work helps support local government in their strategic
planning and delivery of mental health work as part of their overall work on improving
the health and wellbeing of their local population.</p><p>On 7 October 2019, PHE also
launched a new national resource for the public to help them look after their own
mental health and support others, Every Mind Matters. This can be viewed at the following
link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/" target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/</a></p><p>
</p><p>We are supporting the recruitment of mental health social workers in local
authorities and the NHS through the Think Ahead initiative. In addition, the New Roles
in mental health social work group, led by Health Education England and Skills for
Care, is working to develop the future social work and social care workforce with
local authorities.</p><p>NHS England has developed community mental health services
framework which aims to deliver greater integration with other services that impact
on mental health and wellbeing outcomes - including primary care, general practitioners,
social care, education, housing and third sector services. This can be viewed at the
following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/the-community-mental-health-framework-for-adults-and-older-adults/"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/the-community-mental-health-framework-for-adults-and-older-adults/</a></p><p><strong>
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