Transforming Community Mental Health Services

Birmingham City Football Club, Birmingham, 5 CPD hours

Wed 23 Apr 2025

Like-minded NHS professionals from a spectrum of services and disciplines came together at this face-to-face conference, to take their community mental health transformation to the next level

This inspiring and empowering conference came at a pivotal time for services transitioning from strategising to actively implementing the Community Mental Health (CMH) Transformation Programme. Designed for community mental health professionals implementing the integrated model of primary and community mental health care, this event featured insightful talks from national leaders driving CMH implementation. The dynamic forum offered actionable strategies and key lessons learnt to support service development and better address the mental health needs of communities.

An exclusive national conference designed to enable networking with peers and benchmarking of services

Attendees on the day were looking to discover the lessons learned by community mental health transformation implementers from across the country.

This conference was created and tailored specifically for NHS professionals, who are eager to learn how other services are approaching transformation. Key discussions points explored on the day included how to:

Advance towards the national goals and achieve holistic transformation
Empower patients with confidence in the new community model
Strengthen collaboration between primary, secondary and third-sector care
Address and expand core community mental health services
Meet the growing mental health needs of your diverse population
Uplift and inspire community mental health staff to embrace a culture of change

Plus, we listened to insight from our industry partners

SBK would like to thank SilverCloud by Amwell for sponsoring this forum.

This event was also supported by:

SBK would like to thank Rethink Mental Illness, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and University of Worcester for their support.

9:00	Registration, networking and refreshments Sponsoring today are SilverCloud by Amwell. Please do take this time to visit their stand to find out more about their products and services.
9:30	Chair’s opening remarks and introductions Stephen Skinner, Service Development Lead and Nick Harwood, Director of Operations, Adult Mental Health Community Division, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
9:45	National update: navigating the nationwide delivery of the Community Mental Health (CMH) Transformation Programme Dr Alison Brabban, National Clinical Advisor for AMH Programme and Clinical Lead for Community Transformation, North East and Yorkshire Region, NHS England and Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
10:15	Meeting increased service demands: responding effectively to diverse community needs Michael Watson, Consultant, formerly Mental Health Improvement Advisor, London and East of England Lead, NHS Improvement
10:45	Questions and answers with Alison Brabban and Michael Watson
10:55	Applying SilverCloud by Amwell to Community Mental Health Services: Key learnings and outcomes shared Dr Faith Ndebele, Consultant Psychiatrist, Digital Innovation Lead - Mental Health (Portsmouth), SilverCloud by Amwell
11:10	Questions and answers with Dr Faith Ndebele, SilverCloud by Amwell
11:20	Refreshments, networking break and meet the sponsors Everyone has been given a ‘bingo card’ which you can get stamped when visiting the sponsors stand. Complete your details to enter the prize draw in the afternoon.
11:40	Exploring our journey of transformation at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Clare Munt, Head of Community Mental Health Services and Angela Cornell, Head of Older Adults Mental Health, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
12:10	Questions and answers with Clare Munt and Angela Cornell
12:20	Roundtable discussion: Sharing your lessons learnt: how have you approached the transformation programme? Share how your organisation has implemented the community mental health transformation programme What challenges have you experienced in adopting a community-based offer of mental health services? What steps have you taken to overcome these challenges? What are your future goals you are seeking to achieve in regards to improving community mental health care?
12:35	Feedback from roundtable discussion: Sharing your lessons learnt: how have you approached the transformation programme?
12:45	Refreshments, networking lunch and meet the sponsors Everyone has been given a ‘bingo card’ which you can get stamped when visiting the sponsors stand. Complete your details to enter the prize draw in the afternoon.
1:45	Innovative neighbourhood mental health teams: providing a localised approach care Claire Terrington, Hub Manager, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
2:15	Partnering and collaborating with Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprises (VCFSE) sector Nicola Hall, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances, Rethink Mental Illness
2:45	Questions and answers with Claire Terrington and Nicola Hall
2:55	Refreshments, networking break and meet the sponsors This will be your last chance to visit the sponsors and get your bingo card stamped for the prize draw which will take place at the end of this break.
3:15	Deep dive into the Mental Health Practitioner role in the CMH transformation programme Marianne Tay, Principal Lecturer & Course Lead for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner Training, University of Worcester
3:45	Questions and answers with Marianne Tay
3:55	Roundtable discussion: Engaging patients’ lived experience to enable service improvements Share how your patients’ lived experiences have changed/altered your approach to implementing the Community Mental Health Transformation programme What initiatives have come as a result of this? What are your next steps for encouraging patient engagement with community services?
4:10	Feedback from roundtable discussion: Engaging patients’ lived experience to enable service improvements
4:20	Chair’s closing remarks and close of day Chair’s closing remarks and close of day Please can you take the time throughout the day to complete your evaluation form? They will be collected during the chair’s closing remarks for one lucky person’s name to be drawn out to win the prize!

With thanks to our speakers

Stephen Skinner

Service Development Lead

Adult Mental Health Community Division, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Biography

Nick Harwood

Director of Operations for Adult Community Services

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Biography

Dr Alison Brabban

National Clinical Advisor for AMH Programme and Clinical Lead for Community Transformation

North East and Yorkshire Region, NHS England and Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Biography

Michael Watson

Consultant, Formerly Mental Health Improvement Advisor

Formerly NHS England

Biography

Dr Faith Ndebele

Consultant Psychiatrist, Digital Innovation Lead - Mental Health (Portsmouth)

SilverCloud by Amwell

Clare Munt

Head of Community Mental Health Services

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Biography

Angela Cornell

Head of Older Adults Mental Health

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Biography

Nicola Hall

Head of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances

Rethink Mental Illness

Biography

Marianne Tay

Principal Lecturer & Course Lead for Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner Training

University of Worcester

Biography

Who came?

Navigating the challenges of delivering the community mental health transformation programme in a informative, interactive and knowledge sharing conference.

This was a valuable opportunity to benchmark your service and network with peers, attendees included (not limited to):

Heads of Service and Operations, Director, Implementation and Development Leads, Programme Leads for CMHT
Senior Community Mental Health Managers and Leads
Mental Health Practitioners
Community Mental Health Nurses
Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Counsellors and Therapists

Past attendee feedback

This face-to-face event followed on from the success of our 2024 Community Mental Health Conference. With opportunities to hear from services from around the country, network with your peers and return back to your organisation with innovative ideas, this was a conference not to be miss out on! Don’t believe us, check out the feedback from last year:

"I have thoroughly enjoyed the whole day. Flowed exceptionally well. All speakers were very ‘punchy’ in their delivery of content presented"

- Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust

"A great networking experience between primary and secondary care services"

- Vita Health Group

"Really informative and interesting to hear about all the innovation and passion for change within mental health"

- IPS Grow

“Helpful to hear how CMH transformation is progressing”

- NHS England

“Well-organised, informative, interesting speakers and relevant to practice”

- Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

“A well-organised day with some insightful talks from a range of professionals. Great to consider new ideas to take back for service development discussions”

- Notts Eating Disorder Service

“I felt unsure how transformation looked in practice but now feel more knowledgeable”

- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

“Enjoying the variety of speaker across whole spectrum of services and disciplines”

- HCT Herts and Worcestershire NHS Foundation Trust

“A great day, well organised. Excellent. Speakers very informative leaving a lot to think about”

- Staffordshire and Stoke Talking Therapies

“The inspirational and empowering day with opportunity for networking with like-minded professionals”

- Worcestershire Acute NHS Foundation Trust

Thank you to our supporters

Rethink Mental Illness are the leading expert charity for people with serious conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. We offer practical help guided by what works.

The University of Worcester is a public research university, based in Worcester, England. With a history dating back to 1946, the university began awarding degrees in 1997 and was granted full university status in 2005.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust were established on 1 June 2002 when social care and health services, formerly provided by Lincolnshire County Council and Lincolnshire Healthcare NHS Trust, were brought together to create new mental health and learning disabilities services.

With thanks to our sponsor

A leading provider of evidence-based digital mental and behavioural healthcare solutions. Supporting 80% of NHS Talking Therapies Services, with up to 70% clinical recovery rates.

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Contact: 01732 897788
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