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An on-demand version of this webinar is available.
Mental health services are under more strain than ever. Post-pandemic, the sector has experienced increased demand, not only in the number of patients seeking care but also in the complexity of their presentation and the intensity of the support they need. Evidence-based digital therapy has a useful role to play in supporting patients with complex mental health needs. Despite this, secondary care has not yet incorporated digital tools for mental health in the same way NHS Talking Therapies Services has, and digital is perhaps yet to shake the image of only being suitable for mild to moderate conditions.
Yet, some trusts are leading the way and adopting more digital solutions to support patients and clinicians in secondary care. Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust, for example, has partnered with SilverCloud® by Amwell® since 2018, supporting more than 13,000 patients.
This HSJ webinar, in association with SilverCloud, discussed:
- How can digital interventions be used across the stepped-care model for mental health?
- Why the gap in uptake exists between primary and secondary care and how to address it?
- What barriers exist to incorporating digital offerings into secondary mental health care?
- How to gain buy-in from clinicians, patients and other stakeholders?
- How Lincolnshire Partnership FT has been using the SilverCloud platform?
Panellists
Douglas Hiscock, chartered psychologist and behavioural health lead, Amwell
Douglas Hiscock’s experience includes sitting as an adviser on trustee boards, managing national and international projects, running local voluntary services, and managing large NHS contracts. His public sector work includes working for NHS England within the regional performance team. He also worked as Rethink Mental Illness’s head of psychological therapies, responsible for England’s six Rethink Talking Therapy services. He went on to be East London Foundation Trust’s head of performance. He is now AmWell’s behavioural lead with responsibility for the SilverCloud platform and heads up the strategic roadmap, helping to identify new areas for use of the platform.
Emma Paveley, interim assistant director, NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network
Emma Paveley is an interim assistant director for the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network. She leads the network’s policy work, working with MHN members, which include digital providers, mental health trusts, the independent sector, and VCSE organisations. She has chaired the influential mental health policy group and has experience working in local government and Parliamentary roles.
Faris Al-Ramadani, GP partner, St Wulfstan Surgery, Southam
Faris is a GP partner at St Wulfstan Surgery in Southam, former clinical director of Warwickshire East PCN and is a health tech and healthcare consultant. He is passionate about developing and evolving primary care with a firm commitment to improving patient care and the patient experience. He has helped develop clinical pathways and implement digital solutions in the management of mental health and wellbeing as well as developing an innovative mental health hub model.
Faris’s surgery has been shortlisted as Primary & Community Care Provider of the Year in the HSJ Awards 2024, and his PCN has been shortlisted as PCN of the Year in the General Practice Awards 2024.
Steve Skinner, service development lead, Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust
Steve Skinner is the service development lead for the adult community division at Lincolnshire Partnership Trust. Before this, he was a clinical lead in NHS Talking Therapies. He advocates for patients accessing evidence-based psychological interventions, the development of digital pathways in clinical services and career development pathways in psychological therapies. In recent times, he has been involved in introducing wellbeing-focused CBT interventions and new wellbeing roles into secondary care mental health teams.
Ben Clover, webinar chair, HSJ
Ben covers the tech sector and London for HSJ. He has lectured at Imperial College London’s master’s course on health policy.
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