NHS Partnership project

1. NHS Partnership project

2. Context – why are we doing this • 2.3million students in higher education in the UK experience significant variation in mental health care. • Minding Our Future report 2018 - urgent need to better coordinate support and services between universities and local NHS.

3. Aims • Improve access to care for students • Co-produce the design and delivery of care with students and practitioners • Drive innovation and shape policy • Evaluate different models of partnership working

4. Local objectives Bristol – create a local partnership and develop a bespoke student referral and care pathway Manchester - Improve and evaluate existing partnership Liverpool – develop a dedicated care pathway for community self-care referrals and also students who self-harm North London – develop a care pathway for full range of mental health presentations and create a website for care pathway resources to be shared publicly Sheffield – create and evaluate a research clinic to bridge the gap between primary and secondary care

5. National Collaborative objectives • Share learning • Support NHS England with student mental health • Embed co-production of service design and delivery with students and practitioners • Develop and test an evaluation framework and measures which can later be shared with elsewhere in the country • Develop recommendations for a digital student health passport and a mental health screening tool

6. What will the project deliver? • Partnership working between universities and local NHS services • Final report to share impact of the different regional partnerships • Evidence-based evaluation framework • Recommendations on data sharing, digital student health passports and a mental health screening tool

7. Benefits of the Project • Improved local partnerships between the HE sector and NHS • Improved care pathways • Sharing of best practice • Evaluated partnership models • Common clinical language for risk assessments and screening