Ongoing consultations and events

• Mental Health Partnership Board
• User consultation partnership
• Carers sub-group of Mental Health Partnership Board
• Race Equality Joint Consultative Committee
• Matrix Research Group
• Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust user survey
• Haringey Therapeutic Network
• Haringey Equal Access to Training programme
• Clarendon and Six8four Day Centres
• Patients' Council
• World Mental Health Day
• Equilibrium
• Carers' survey
• Carers' Rights Day

Mental Health Partnership Board (MHPB)

The Board is composed of a strategic group of key partners from health, social care and the voluntary sector. It is responsible for implementing the modernisation agenda for adult mental health services in Haringey. The agenda includes a standard item to hear the views of users and carers. The board meets every two months.

User consultation partnership

A sub-group of the MHPB, the meeting ensures there that users input into service development and strategies, with representation from user, voluntary and statutory sectors. Recent discussions have included:

• Joint mental health strategy
• Day services strategy
• St Ann's Hospital site redevelopment plans

The group meets every five to six weeks.

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Carers sub-group of Mental Health Partnership Board

Carers forum monitoring issues for mental health carers locally which feeds into the Carers Partnership Board.

Race Equality Joint Consultative Committee

A specialist mental health agenda was presented at the November 2005 meeting with information/consultation of representatives on mental health and minority ethnic perspective.

Matrix Research Group

The group comprises service users who are commissioned on an "as and when" basis to carry out user research. Matrix is a well-established group and examples of their work include:

• Substance misuse on the wards

User involvement in a drug and alcohol research project commissioned by the Drug and Alcohol Action Team.

• Life on the wards

Interviews with patients and staff to get their views and experience of acute mental health care in Haringey.

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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust user survey

NHS survey across all areas of the Mental Health Trust.

Haringey Therapeutic Network (HTN)

The network was set up with service user involvement following the closure of the day hospitals. The HTN is a prevention and early intervention service (for a 12-week period). The network looks at intervention and services for users' needs, with emphasis on provision in the wider community. A more detailed description can be found in the section on Day Services.

Haringey Equal Access to Training (HEAT) programme

Designed for people with disabilities and with mental health problems, this is a training and development opportunity to become disability consultants. The new consultants will advise organisations about disability issues such as training and disability awareness.

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Clarendon and Six8four Day Centres

Both have regular community meetings with service users to feed into the running and development of services.

Patients' Council

A well-established forum for in-patient feedback, also offering advocacy and social services, with links to the Mental Health Partnership Board.

World Mental Health Day

A special event in October aimed to raise awareness of, and promote good practice in, mental health and equalities. A showcase event at which practical advice was on offer from mental health staff and specialists representing council, health and voluntary sector services, and speakers represented a wide spectrum of practical, user experience and political viewpoints.

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Equilibrium

A quarterly newsletter produced by service users for users and carers to express their views, funded by social services and partners.

Carers' survey

Sent to all households in the borough, using the results to help in the commissioning of services for carers.

Carers Rights Day – December

A national awareness raising day aimed at increasing carers' participation and awareness of issues affecting them, such as benefits and respite care.

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