Building community into the integrated care system: A practical toolkit for building robust community mental health care (Rethink Mental Illness, 2023)

Summary

It is more important than ever that Integrated Care Systems (ICS) invest urgently in community mental health. The introduction of the Community Mental Health Framework in 2019 presented a once-in-a-generation opportunity for mental health systems.  

With ringfenced transformation funding coming to an end in April 2024 and in a climate of crisis and uncertainty, we need to ensure these changes are embedded. 

Rethink Mental Illness have launched their new report, 'Building Community into the Integrated Care System; A practical guide to developing robust community mental health', where they:

• Summarise the significant challenges facing mental healthcare.
• Provide a toolkit of practical, workable solutions to common barriers to transformation.
• Explore the role that the VCSE sector can have in pursuing the four core aims and future goals of ICSs.