NBMEMHN Consultations and Partnerships

The Network is a member of the Mental Health Alliance which consists of representatives from MIND, The Mental Health Foundation, Together, The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, The Royal College of Psychiatry among many others.

The Network has held and participated in consultations on the Draft Mental Health Bill, Draft Mental Incapacity Bill, in addition to submitting written and oral responses to the Parliamentary Scrutiny Committees.
  

Our achievements:

• The establishment of national network infrastructure & database
• Regional meetings to address local BME mental health issues
• Establishment of formalised experts forums to address specific issues
• National shared learning from local good practice
• Greater involvement of BME communities in the decision-making structures of health and social care services
• Enable mental health service providers meet the requirements of the Race Relations (amendment) Act 2000