Issue - meetings

The Board considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Health, Adults and Leisure proposing the adoption of the Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health.

RESOLVED:

(i)  To proceed with the preferred option to adopt the OHID Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health for Southampton, including the following steps:

•  Submit an application to OHID to join the Prevention Concordat

•  Establish a multi-agency partnership for adult mental health & wellbeing, with links to relevant groups and networks

•  Identify a leader for adoption of the Concordat in Southampton who ideally sits on the Health & Wellbeing Board

•  Review the Hampshire and Isle of Wight (HIOW) Mental Health Needs Assessment alongside data and intelligence around need for Southampton

•  Conduct a Community Asset Mapping exercise

•  Co-develop a plan for mental health and wellbeing based on local priorities

(ii)   To continue with a separate multi-agency Southampton Suicide Prevention Partnership for the city, to support the delivery of the Southampton Suicide Prevention Plan 2020-23.