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HSC 1999/223 National service framework for mental health: Modern standards and service models for mental health
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Document type:Health Service Circular
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Author:Department of Health
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Published date:30 September 1999
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Primary audience:Professionals
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Gateway reference:1999
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Series number:HSC 1999/223
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Pages:6
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Copyright holder:Crown copyright
The National Service Framework for Mental Health sets national standards and defines service models for promoting mental health and treating mental illness in the five following areas: mental health promotion; primary care and access to services; effective services for people with severe mental illness; caring about carers; and preventing suicide. The Framework also clarifies expectations about the future configuration of mental health services; sets out arrangements for local implementation; puts in place national underpinning programmes to support local delivery; establishes milestones and a specific group of high-level performance indicators against which progress within agreed timescales will be measured.
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