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Welcome to the October 2024 edition of EMA Today, the quarterly e-newsletter from the East Midlands Alliance for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism for Alliance colleagues, stakeholders and the wider healthcare community.

A special showcase event brought together senior colleagues from across the East Midlands Alliance to celebrate successes and think about the future of joint working to improve mental health services in the region.

CAMHS 3.5 services has been successfully helping to reduce hospital admissions, referrals and the number of occupied beds for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) patients across the East Midlands.

A new transformation programme has been launched to support women at risk of requiring secure care in the East Midlands to access better care, experience and outcomes.

Meet the East Midlands Family Ambassadors - a dedicated team of non-clinical professionals with lived experience who provide peer support for parents and carers of young people needing highly specialised mental health care.

In response to service users requesting more insight into the effectiveness of mental health treatment, IMPACT held an online monthly service user reference group for forensic patients to identify what data they would like to have access to and be able to evaluate regularly.

Shining a spotlight on the three Communities of Practice focusing on special areas of work within the East Midlands Alliance.

Mental health staff are being congratulated after their compassion and dedication led to a breakthrough in their care for an acutely unwell young person.

The Midlands Op COURAGE Partnership has been named as a finalist within both the Working Together and Healthcare and Rehabilitation categories at this year's Soldiering On Awards.

The Family Ambassador team, providing peer support for parents and carers of young people needing highly specialised mental health care, is now fully established in the East Midlands.

The IMPACT (IMproved Pathways and Community Teams) Annual Report for 2023/24 has been published.

Clinicians have agreed a new shared decision-making framework to support mental health, learning disability and autism services in the East Midlands to deliver the right care for patients, first time.

The East Midlands Alliance for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism is proud to publish its Annual Showcase 2023/24.

Young people in need of mental health support are set to benefit from new patient review processes being introduced this summer to improve their experiences of care.

A Health Innovation East Midlands and East Midlands Alliance ‘Share and learn’ session on a Seclusion Packs QI project was recently presented online by Dr David Ibrahim from Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT).

A  new leadership programme for Clinical Support Worker (CSW) managers has been successful in filling a gap in leadership development for the Band 5/6 workforce for mental health and community Trusts across the East Midlands.

A learning event focusing on ‘Caring Together – Improving Safety Through Experiences’ brought together over 80 delegates from across the region at the Trent Conference Centre in Nottingham.

The number of East Midlands people receiving secure care outside their area has signficantly reduced over the last three years - improving clinical outcomes, bringing people closer to homes and their families, and minimising their time in hospital.

IMPACT, the provider collaborative responsible for Adult Secure Services (low and medium) across the East Midlands has published a new strategy setting out its commissioning intentions 2024-2026.

Therapy Supervisors from the East Midlands are being encouraged to sign up to the EMA SuperHub portal which matches therapy supervisors to supervisees.

People with personal experience of staying in a mother and baby unit in the East Midlands are being encouraged to join the East Midlands Perinatal Mental Health Provider Collaborative's group of Experts by Experience.

Read how the CAMHS Young People’s team at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) is working with Leicester City Football Club’s Community Organisation (CCO) to help teenagers who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, mental health issues.

A national campaign has been launched to raise awareness of Op COURAGE amongst the Armed Forces community. 

The East Midlands Alliance is holding a regional patient safety learning event in March for mental health professionals on 12 March 2024.

The East Midlands Perinatal Mental Health Provider Collaborative has successfully launched in the East Midlands Alliance.

A new service to support parents and carers has been launched by the CAMHS Collaborative on behalf of the East Midlands Alliance.

A ‘walk-through’ video of The Burrows ward for CAMHS inpatients at Berrywood Hospital in Northampton has been produced to introduce young people and their families to the ward. 

The East Midlands Alliance has developed a Therapy Supervision hub to match therapy professionals in need of supervision with potential supervisors.

Find out how the East Midlands Alliance has established a Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework in the East Midlands.

A new innovation lead for mental health supporting the East Midlands Alliance for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism has been appointed.