Nick Prendergat - The International Perspective on Youth Mental Health Services
Right here project
1. Right Here Brighton and Hove
• Who we are:
– Lily Blackmore – Campaigns Volunteer
– Rebecca Morley-Wilson – Campaigns
Volunteer
– Mark Cull – Project Manager
– Rose Allett – Campaigns Coordinator
– Rob Trounce – Digital Media Officer
2. Right Here initiative
• 5 year pilot
• Funded and managed by MHF and PHF
• National Programme
• Brighton & Hove, Fermanagh, Sheffield,
Newham
• Evaluated by the Tavistock Institute
3. Right Here Brighton & Hove
• Sussex Central YMCA and Mind in
Brighton & Hove
• Resilience building activities
• Campaigns and health promotion
• Peer-led research
• Fast track counselling
4. Our work with GPs –
1. GP research
• GP research – Young people’s views and experiences of GP services in
relationship to emotional and mental health
• Ask yourself:
Do your clients (aged 16-25) understand what confidentiality means within your
service?
Do your clients have a choice of gender specific practitioners allocated to their
care?
Are young people who have been referred by a GP given enough information
about your service before their first appointment with you?
Is your service available at times which suit young people and their lifestyles?
Are young people equal participants in decisions made about their care within
your service?
How knowledgeable are you about other services within your area that can help
young people accessing your service?
In the context of your service and your relationships with your clients, how
empowered are the young people you support?
5. Our work with GPs –
2. Assessment visits
• Good practice guide
• GP practice visits
• Sample questions:
– How aware are your staff of young people’s
issues?
– Are confidentiality policies clearly displayed and
explained?
– Is there information about young people’s rights
available on the website or in the surgery?
7. Innovation labs
• Brainstorming and developing digital
products to benefit young people’s
mental health and wellbeing
• Right Here’s involvement:
– Doc Ready
– My Places
8. Doc Ready
• An application and/or website geared
towards preparing a young person to
visit their GP
• Currently in the design phase
• Will be developed over the next year
10. Case study - paired discussion
• If you were using Doc Ready, what
functions / features would be helpful to
you with preparing this young person
to go to their GP?
• Please write answers on the provided
Post-it notes
• Some of your feedback…
16. Questions or comments?
• Come and talk to us in the coffee break
if you have questions about Doc
Ready, Right Here creating a Where To
Go For website in your locality, Right
Here’s work, or anything else!
• Thanks for listening and taking part.
Notes de l'éditeur
Only 52% of respondents feel comfortable talking to their GP about emotional and mental health issues. 41% of respondents did not know what was confidential when they visited their GP.
We hope to help young people become more empowered in their relationships with services and GPs.
