The Department of Health commissioned the NHS Conferation’s Mental Health Network to produce a report which would help set out a direction of travel for developing an outcomes-based approach to improving mental health. The report makes a number of recommendations for Government, the NHS Commissioning Board (NHS England from 01 April 2013) and emerging clinical commissioning groups.

Developing an outcomes-based approach in mental health – full report

An accompanying briefing sets out the policy context for outcomes in mental health and summarises the recommendations made in the report, including the need to develop an implementation framework in support of the mental health strategy, ‘No health without mental health’.

Developing an outcomes-based approach in mental health – briefing paper