Ruth Cooke presentation

1. Good Housing – Good Mental Health
Ruth Cooke CEO Midland Heart

4. Disability
Number of
residents
As % of all
residents
Mobility Impaired 5833 6.64%
Visual Impaired 1315 1.50%
Hearing Impaired 1204 1.37%
Learning Difficulties 1384 1.57%
Mental Health Problem 3115 3.54%
Other 5528 6.29%
All residents 87875

5. • Targeted work in
our communities
• Supported
accommodation
• Health through
housing
collaboration

6. • Mental health
• Checks on vulnerable
residents
• ASB
• Hoarding
• Substance misuse
 Teams trained to
recognise issues and work
in partnership to support
Targeted work in our communities
– preventing escalation of issues

7. Supported Accommodation
Homeless services and
personalised support,
addressing:
• Mental health
• Substance misuse
• Physical health
• Offending behaviour

8. Health through Housing collaboration
Accommodation and
support for those with
mental health issues
Short term step down
accommodation for
patients ready for
discharge but not quite
ready to go home

9.  Lowering incidences of
hospitalisation
 Keeping people in their own
home longer
 Offering a chance to break the
chaotic cycle of complex needs
 Reducing loneliness and
isolation
 Slowing the escalation of care
needs
 Providing decent homes
 Preventing late recognition of
support requirements
 Improving the wellbeing and
opportunities of disadvantaged
communities
The right housing solutions can
change people’s lives

10. West Midlands mental health
commission
The Mental Health Commission action
plan to transform attitudes and
services around mental health in the
West Midlands
• A new housing first model for
mental health
• Helping sustain employment
• Embed Mental Health care in
Primary Care
• Integrated personal
commissioning.

12. How to make the most of what housing can offer
• Strong leadership
• Willingness to innovate
• Strong partnerships –
removing barriers locally
(e.g. improve data
sharing)
• Longer term view from
government,
commissioners and
providers

13. Questions