Issue - meetings

The Board received a report from the Strategic Director – People, which provided an update regarding population mental health prevention work that had been taking place during the Covid-19 Pandemic, including suicide prevention.

It was reported that mental health population involved an upstream approach targeting the majority of the population to keep people well.  It used a whole systems approach to improving mental health and wellbeing and involved working in partnership with both statutory and voluntary organisations.  The Health Improvement Team led on this area of work which fell into the following categories:

·         Developing the workforce and communities;

·         Tackling stigma and increasing awareness of support available;

·         Supporting organisations to make positive changes in how they operate; and

·         Suicide prevention.

The report provided detailed commentary and data on the work and activity carried out within each of these categories since April 2020. 

RESOLVED:  That the report be noted.