With the aim of bringing together physical and mental health professionals, commissioners and policy-makers, this conference provided understanding and insight into the benefits of integrating physical and mental health services and how this can be achieved.
Presentations
Angela Camber, Patient Representative, British Heart Foundation
What would integrated care look like from a service user perspective?
Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP
Why it's so important to join up physical and mental health services
Tim Kent, Primary Care Service Lead, Consultant Psychotherapist and Social Worker, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Julian Stern, Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, Deputy Director (CQC) of Adult and Forensic Services ; and Service Lead, Adult Complex Needs Services, Tavistock Centre Integration in primary care the Tavistock model
Kate Dale, Mental/Physical Health Project Lead, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust and The Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) Yorkshire and Humber Improving the quality of physical health checks
Dr Myra Stern, Consultant, Respiratory Physician Integrated Care, Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Dr Munira Blacking, Psychiatrist, Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Celia Bielawski, Consultant Physician, Care of Older People, Foundation Training Programme Director, Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Whittington-Highgate Integrated Physical Liaison Service
Dr Anne Doherty, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Carol Gayle, Clinical Lead for Diabetes, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Khalida Ismail, Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, King's College London 3 Dimensions for Diabetes