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387226

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/07/2015
	date	02/07/2015
	date tabled	02/07/2015
	ddp created	02/07/2015 18:53:51
	ddp modified	14/07/2015 23:00:25
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Ethnic Groups
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1062
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	14/07/2015 15:27:38
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to make additional resources available to mental health services in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, and if so, what resources they will make available.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL1062
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1062
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Everyone should be able to access mental health services according to need. However, we know that there are inequalities in the access to mental health services. For example, older adults, men, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities and those who are Deaf are not accessing services in the numbers predicted by prevalence studies. The National Health Service is leading on work on equality of access. We are listening to people with experience of mental health within BAME communities and continuing to make the changes needed to ensure equality throughout mental health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to make additional resources available for mental health services in BAME communities. However, planning requirements for 2015-2016 require clinical commissioning groups to invest additionally in mental health in line with the growth in their overall funding allocation, which should benefit all communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July 2014, the Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health published guidance for commissioners of mental health services for those from black and minority ethnic communities which is attached and can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.jcpmh.info/wp-content/uploads/jcpmh-bme-guide.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.jcpmh.info/wp-content/uploads/jcpmh-bme-guide.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has been working with NHS England and commissioners to disseminate this guidance which describes what ‘good’ mental health services for people from BAME communities look like.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>One of the key priorities of the work in updating the <em>Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice</em>, which was published in January 2015, was to eliminate discrimination, including for people from BAME communities. The Department’s published Equality Analysis <em>Equality for all: Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice</em> sets out a range of additional guidance that has been included aiming to address concerns raised by BAME stakeholders and others.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4290 label Biography information for Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4290 label Biography information for Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon

387229

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/07/2015
	date	02/07/2015
	date tabled	02/07/2015
	ddp created	02/07/2015 18:53:54
	ddp modified	14/07/2015 23:00:32
	answering body	Department of Health
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Ethnic Groups
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1065
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	14/07/2015 15:27:38
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the Ethnic Inequality and Mental Health Consultation by Lankelly Chase Foundation, what efforts they are making to address the dissatisfaction felt within the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic mental health sector with the Government's lack of commitment to address ethnic inequalities in mental health.
	session	2015/16
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2015/16 HL1065
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1065
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Everyone should be able to access mental health services according to need. However, we know that there are inequalities in the access to mental health services. For example, older adults, men, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities and those who are Deaf are not accessing services in the numbers predicted by prevalence studies. The National Health Service is leading on work on equality of access. We are listening to people with experience of mental health within BAME communities and continuing to make the changes needed to ensure equality throughout mental health services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to make additional resources available for mental health services in BAME communities. However, planning requirements for 2015-2016 require clinical commissioning groups to invest additionally in mental health in line with the growth in their overall funding allocation, which should benefit all communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July 2014, the Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health published guidance for commissioners of mental health services for those from black and minority ethnic communities which is attached and can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.jcpmh.info/wp-content/uploads/jcpmh-bme-guide.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.jcpmh.info/wp-content/uploads/jcpmh-bme-guide.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has been working with NHS England and commissioners to disseminate this guidance which describes what ‘good’ mental health services for people from BAME communities look like.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>One of the key priorities of the work in updating the <em>Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice</em>, which was published in January 2015, was to eliminate discrimination, including for people from BAME communities. The Department’s published Equality Analysis <em>Equality for all: Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice</em> sets out a range of additional guidance that has been included aiming to address concerns raised by BAME stakeholders and others.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4290 label Biography information for Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4290 label Biography information for Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon