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PURPOSE OF THIS NEWSLETTER
This publication is specifically designed for carers of those
receiving older people’s mental health services in Cardiff and
the Vale of Glamorgan. It helps them to know about and have a
voice in service planning and delivery, locally and nationally.
Issue 75
Jan—March 2015
Reg Charity No. 1148312
Company No. 8000094
You are invited to the next
Co-Creating Healthy Change
Carers Involvement Group
on 17th March at 10.30am at
The Greater Hall, All Saints Church, Penarth.
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Speakers: Paul Thurston, SPIDER Project
Lizzy Bray, Carer Support Officer
Wendy Davies, Pharmacist, Mental Health .......................................................
Please RSVP to [email protected], call 029
2022 2000 and ask for Helen or Matthew, or
write to us at Nexus, Unit 11 Williams Court,
Trade Street, Cardiff CF10 5DQ
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Cavamh Membership
‘Involvement News’ is produced by Nexus, a project managed by
Cardiff & Vale Action for Mental Health (cavamh).
As well as the work Nexus does, cavamh also works with the
voluntary sector through the Mental Health Forum and with people
using adult mental health services through the Sefyll project. In
each case we work to give those who want to be involved a say in
the way that services are run, planned and developed.
Usually at this time of year we send out membership forms to
everyone on our mailing lists - becoming a member is free and
shows support for the work we do.
This year we’re if you would like to become a member please
contact Caroline on 029 2022 2000 or [email protected].
COMMUNITY VOICE
PROJECT
May I take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Jasmine Williams, I am known as
Jaz. I am a Service User Involvement Officer with the Alzheimer’s Society. I am working on the
Co-Creating Healthy Change , Community Voice Project.
The project has been funded by The Big Lottery. The aim of the project is to increase people’s
confidence, skills and knowledge, to enable them to contribute to the decision making process.
We are working in partnership with the Forget Me Not Chorus and NEXUS.
The Forget Me Not Chorus work with people living with dementia and their carers to enable
them through song and drama to tell their story.
NEXUS, comprises of a specialist team, who work with older people and those living with de-
mentia. They offer support to people enabling them to have a voice in service planning.
By meeting with people, the project aims to increase the confidence, skills and knowledge of
people living with dementia and their carers, to raise awareness of their actual needs, to com-
ment on existing services and have a voice in service planning and delivery. All responses will
be treated confidentially.
If you would be happy to meet with me and wish to arrange an appointment or if you require
further information concerning the project, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely, Jasmine Williams (Service user involvement Officer)
South East Wales Locality, Oldwell Court, Ty Gwyn Road, Penylan, Cardiff CF23 5DA
Tel: 029 20434974. E mail: [email protected]
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Age Connects Events
Are you living in Vale of Glamorgan and need some
advice on Benefits such as Pension Credit Atten-
dance Allowance Housing Benefit or Disability Liv-
ing Allowance? Age Connect Cardiff and Vale run a
Welfare Rights Service which can help you with any
of these issues. You may have had a benefit turned
down and in that case, we can help with an appeal.
An Adviser will be available to chat to you on any
of these benefit issues and help with form filling.
A session is being held on Tuesday 10th February
9.30 am to 11.30 am at The Senior Health Shop, 38
Holton Road, Barry. You can make a appointment by
calling in to the shop or Contact 01446 732385 or
you can just call in on the day. Home visits can
also be arranged.
…...Come to our Monthly Afternoon Tea….. Are you a Senior Citizen and maybe you have just moved to the area and want to make new friends or just want a few hours out on an afternoon?
Why not come to The Senior Health Shop, Holton Road, Barry. Monthly Afternoon Tea and have fun as well as making new friends. The next afternoon Tea will be held on Wednesday 4th February at 1.15pm where you can have Tea/Coffee, scones jam and cream with a Free Raffle and a Quiz. The Tea will be a Valentine Theme.
The cost of this is £3 so why not call in and put your name down and have a great afternoon . Please contact Age Con-nects on 01446 732385 for further information and more dates.
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Co-Creating Healthy Change
In December 2012, Cardiff Third Sector Council received confirmation
from Big Lottery that they had been successful in securing funding to
run one of eleven Community Voice projects being delivered in Wales.
The Co-Creating Healthy Change project, which was launched by Mark
Drakeford, AM in 2013, is a four year Big Lottery funded health and
wellbeing project which aims to give communities a voice on the
services they use. The project is an exciting collaboration between ten
partners that brings together their diverse skills, experience and remits
to develop, and deliver, a multitude of forums, events, training
sessions and activities, enhancing the community voice in shaping
health and well-being service delivery. The portfolio reaches out to a
wide range of people, from those living with dementia or a learning
disability to single parents to young people who are not in education,
employment or training – all of these and others deserve to have a
voice and be involved in planning the services they rely on and use.
Over the lifetime of the portfolio, partners will each be running a
project focusing on a particular demographic of the Cardiff and Vale
population:
Displaced People In Action – Refugee and Asylum Seekers
Action in Caerau and Ely – Geographic Community of Ely and Caerau
Cardiff and Vale Action for Mental Health – Mental Health Service
Users
Hafal – Mental Health Carers
Alzheimer’s Society – Dementia and Carers
Gingerbread – Lone Parent Families
Media Academy Cardiff – NEET Young People
Cardiff Third Sector Council – Long Term Conditions
Diverse Cymru – Seldom Heard Voices
Cardiff People First and Vale People First – Learning Disabilities
These ten projects, as a portfolio, will work together to achieve four
main outcomes:
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Co-Creating Healthy Change cont.
People with long term conditions, disabilities and mental health
needs will have increased skills to engage and be involved in plan-
ning, designing and delivering services to meet their needs.
People facing inequalities will have the confidence and clearer path-
ways to voice their needs and support the design of services that
meet their complex needs.
Service users will have increased knowledge of commissioning and
procurements strategies and be able to shape the design and de-
livery of services. The most vulnerable and hard to reach commu-
nities will have improved routes for communication with public
sector commissioning officers.
Increased voice and influence of people, communities and third sec-
tor in health and social care services across Cardiff and Vale.
During the lifetime of the portfolio we anticipate working alongside and
in conjunction with community organisations to strengthen the influ-
ence and impact of the portfolio.
With two years ahead of us in the project we thought it would be a
good time to celebrate our achievements with a New Year New You
Healthy Change event at the Cardiff Story Museum. This FREE commu-
nity event took place on Saturday 24th January, and was attended by
over 100 community members. It was a fabulous occasion for all the
family.
People were able to participate in games organised by the Alzheimer’s
Society that keep the mind active, the Exercise Referral Group were
also present undertaking blood pressure checks, and community mem-
bers were able to find out about ‘Dry January’ and how to enjoy alco-
hol safely through information provided by the Health Board. There
were also arts and crafts and fruit kebab-making activities for the chil-
dren as a fun way to introduce a broader, healthier diet and if that
wasn’t exciting enough 32 people got to enjoy a free massage treat-
ment or complimentary eyebrow threading after giving their views on
health and well-being services.
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Co-Creating Healthy Change cont.
New Year New You Healthy Change Jaz Williams, Alzheimer’s Society
Through our media promotion and energetic activity on the day we be-
lieve we were able to achieve our objective of raising greater aware-
ness of CCHC within the community. We would like to think that we are
becoming more recognised as a viable pathway for engagement on
health and well-being related matters and that this will grow through
our future activity.
Kerrine Phillips
Project Co-ordinator, Co-Creating Healthy Change, Cardiff Third Sector Council
Ground Floor, Brunel House, 2 Fitzalan Road, Cardiff. CF24 0EB
Tel / Ffon: 02920 485722 / 07969 185 189
Email /Ebost: [email protected] Website / Gwefan: http://co-creatinghealthychange.tumblr.com/
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Mental Health Ring-fence Review
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have been appointed by the Welsh Government to undertake a review of the current mental health ring-fencing arrangements. The overarching purpose of the review is to provide the Minister for Health and Social Services with recommendations on how the mental health ring-fence can be strengthened to achieve the outcomes of Together for Mental Health and how to ensure consistency of approach and application across Wales.
Interested parties are requested to provide relevant evidence in respect of the following questions:
1. What difference has the current ring fence arrangements made to improved outcomes?
2. How could arrangements be changed to provide a clear and consistent link between expenditure and improved outcomes?
3. How could arrangements be changed to provide a clear link between expenditure and mental health needs?
4. What expenditure should be included in any future ring fenced arrangements for mental health services and why?
5. How can arrangements for reporting mental health expenditure be improved to promote transparency?
6. What mechanisms should to be built into future financial arrangements to incentivise efficiency, best practice and innovation?
7. What mechanisms should be built into future financial arrangements to ensure improved outcomes are delivered?
Go to https://pwc.qualtrics.com/SESID=SV_3lzg7q5G8Z8M3sh to submit your responses or you can send via email to:
Darragh Hanley-Crofts [email protected]
Please do get in touch with any questions.
Darragh Hanley-Crofts, Manager, Mobile: 07715 211 476 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1 Kingsway, Cardiff, CF10 3PW
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Wales Audit Office study on Independence of Older People
‘I am writing to you to inform you of an ongoing Wales Audit Of-
fice national project which is looking at the issue of how local
councils support the independence of older people. The main
study question that we are seeking to answer is:
Is there evidence that councils are working effectively to
manage the demand for social care and health services for
older people by supporting them to live independently at
home?
There are a number of aspects of the study that we would like to
bring to your attention:
1 We have a survey for older people to give us their views.
That survey can be accessed on line via the following microsite:
http://helpsurvey.wao.gov.uk/
http://arolwghelp.wao.gov.uk/
Should you prefer a hard copy version with pre-paid envelope,
please contact me and we will arrange delivery to you.
2 We will be seeking to work with local council partner or-
ganisations to obtain their views on the effectiveness of local ar-
rangements that support older people’s independence. This work
is planned to be undertaken using an online survey.
Should you wish to discuss the project in more detail, please do
not hesitate to contact [email protected].’
Linda Pritchard
Health and Social Care Facilitator / Hwylusydd Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol, VCVS
Barry Community Enterprise Centre / Canolfan Menter Cymunedol Y Barri
Skomer Road, Barry CF62 9DA / Skomer Road, Y Barri
Tel/Ffôn: (01446) 741706
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For unpaid carers looking after relatives or friends
Also, in conjunction with Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan Councils, the UHB has developed a new resource for carers at
www.psychotherapyexcellence.com/cavog-carer-resource/login
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Call: Carol Young, EPP Cymru Co-ordinator
NHS Education Programmes for Patients and Carers (EPP)
Cardiff and Vale UHB, Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Cardiff. CF24 0SZ
Office Telephone: 029 20335403 / Mobile Telephone: 07976050178
Email: [email protected] Website: www.eppwales.org
Date
1: Mental Health and Wellbeing
2: Physical Health and wellbeing
Time
14 Jan Wed Workshop 2 Barry Library 10.30 - 12
23 April Thurs Workshop 1 Cardiff Royal Infirmary 10.30 - 12
07 May Thurs Workshop 2 Cardiff Royal Infirmary 10.30 - 12
06 Aug Thurs Workshop 1 Barry Hospital 10.30 - 12
18 Aug Thurs Workshop 2 Barry Hospital 10.30 - 12
Matthew’s easy-cook
egg CURRY You will need: 3 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 large onion,
chopped, 1 garlic clove, chopped, 1’’ cube fresh
ginger, chopped, 3 tbsp curry spices, 1 can toma-
toes, 4 hard boiled eggs, peeled and halved; boiled
rice or naan breads.
Heat the oil in a deep pan and gently fry the onion, ginger and garlic for about 5
mins until soft. Add the curry spices and stir-fry for 1-2 mins, then add tomatoes.
Bring to a simmer, then add the eggs. Gently cook for 6-8 mins until the eggs are
heated through. (Add chopped chilli for fun!!) Serve immediately with rice or naan.
Hint: microwave rice is quick and easy.
Carers Workshops
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£70m investment in the Welsh NHS will help
reform services – Mark Drakeford
A £70m investment in the Welsh NHS will go towards developing local health services, integrating health and social care and delivering improvements to cancer, cardiac and stroke services, Health and Social Services Minister, Mark Drakeford announced today (Wednesday
28 January 2015).
Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement in December, Finance Minister Jane Hutt announced that the £70m being made available to the Welsh Government by the UK
Government in 2015-16 would be allocated to the Welsh NHS.
The £70m is part of the extra £295m being invested by the Welsh Government in health and social care in 2015-16. This means the budget for Health and Social Services in Wales in 2015-16 will be £6.7bn – the highest it’s ever been, and will
account for 43% of the total Welsh Government budget.
The £70m investment will go towards:
£30m to develop primary care services across Wales: this will build on the Welsh Government’s primary care plan to shift more services from hospitals and improve access to preventative, integrated community, primary and social care services. £20m to take forward projects funded by the Intermediate Care Fund this year that have proven to be effective across community and acute environments, linking out-of-hospital care and social care to strengthen the resilience of the unscheduled care system.
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£10m to implement measures in ten key delivery plans including cancer, cardiac, diabetes, mental health, stroke care, and respiratory health, to take forward service reconfiguration. £10m for the creation of an “efficiency through technology” fund, which will accelerate the adoption of new technologies, and new ways of working which drive efficiencies in the Welsh NHS.
Professor Drakeford said:
“The £70m additional funding for the Welsh NHS in 2015-16 will go to develop specific projects that will have a real impact on
high demand services and on reforming our health service.
“Moving care closer to people’s homes is a priority for me, so we will invest £30m to develop primary care services across Wales. £20m will be invested in community-based services that help keep people out of hospital and in their own home. This
will help ease pressures on our hospital-based services.
“We’re also investing £10m to deliver our plans in areas such as cancer, cardiac, diabetes and stroke care, ensuring the NHS delivers the services necessary to support people suffering with
these conditions.
“Over two years we’ve increased investment in our Welsh NHS by more than half a billion pounds. This means the total budget for Health and Social Services in Wales in 2015-16 will be £6.7bn, a record high. This demonstrates our clear commitment
to a sustainable health and social care system in Wales.”
http://www.valecvs.org.uk/70m-investment-in-the-welsh-nhs-will-help
-reform-services-mark-drakeford
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Solace—Supporting Carers across Cardiff and the Vale
Solace exists to support people whose lives have in some way been affected through providing care for a relative or friend with memory problems, diagnosis of a dementia, depression or any other mental illness.
Solace provides carers with the following services:
Carer Support Groups
One-to-one support
Confidential Tel. Support Line
Information and Signposting
For more information on any of these services then please contact Solace on 02920 529 848.
Solace- Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust 1 Park Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff CF14 7BP Contact: Carer's Support Worker/Carers Support Nurse/Solace Manager Janice Becquer-Moreno
Telephone:
029 2052 9848 (helpline)
029 2052 9832 (office)
Short listing/Interviewing for Clinical Psychology
Dear All,
At the last meeting in Clinical Pyschology, I was tasked with pre-
senting a paper to the next full meeting about payment.
My plan is to contact as many service users and carers to seek
their opinions about the rates of pay for short-listing candidates for in-
terview and for attendance at interviews.
It would be really helpful if carers who have been or are involved
in short listing and/or interviewing would contact me with their views.
When I come to write the paper, no names will be mentioned. I
may pick out some quotes, if they seem apposite.
If you are interested in interviewing, please call Helen at Nexus.
Many thanks for your help,
Best wishes,
Gwyneth Statham, Service User Representative.
mailto:[email protected]
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Armed Forces Covenant Meeting Dates 2015
(all meetings will start at 10.00am)
February 27 2015
April 24 2015
June 26 2015
September 25 2015
November 27 2015
Invitation to discuss with Public Health Wales:
How best to engage with people
Reviewing information packs given at diagnosis
The content of the Dementia 3 Year Plan website
www.twitter.com/
CAVAMH registered Charity no. 1148312 /
Company Limited by Guarantee 8000094
A project
managed by
Helen & Matthew
Nexus Development Workers
Nexus
Unit 11, Williams Court
Trade St, Cardiff
CF10 5DQ
Tel: 029 2022 2000
Based at the Cardiff & Vale Mental Health
Development Project, Nexus supports carers and
service users of mental health services to know about
and have a voice in service planning and delivery. To do
this, we have dedicated Development Workers who
work in partnership with voluntary agencies and
statutory services.
This publication is specifically designed for carers of
those receiving older people’s mental health services to
get information and to become involved according to
their personal situation.
We aim to update this newsletter once every two
months. All information in this publication is provided
to the best of our knowledge. If you have anything you
would like to include in a future issue please contact
us, we’d be delighted to hear from you.
Call us to book your place and let us know of any special requirements.
Carers Involvement Group 26th February
2 til 4pm at Solace, 1 Park Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff.
