The Joint Commissioning Lead introduced the report of the Director of Children, Families and Education. The report set out the new local model to be jointly commissioned from April 2024. The joint commission between Children, Families and Education Services, Public Health and Wirral Place Integrated Care Board would transform available support and provide a more effective and co-ordinated approach to improve outcomes for children and young people.

Members asked for further details on the organisation Capacity. The Joint Commissioning Lead stated that they were an organisation that worked with public services that are looking to transform services, offering information on research around other alliances in the country, providing needs analysis, organising focus groups and producing update reports.

Member sought assurances that new model wouldn’t adversely effect Children and Young People already within the system or put a further strain on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). The Joint Commissioning Lead assured Members that any Children and Young People currently receiving intervention would not be effected and that the new model should help to ease the pressure on CAMHS by filtering out Children and Young People that may need help but do not require the services of CAMHS.

Members queried whether existing services would be informed of any changes, whether the new model would allow for different approaches to mental health issues and when Members could expect to see results from the new model. The Joint Commissioning Lead noted that the Future Mind Group kept all stakeholders informed, that the new model would respect different approaches to mental health provision and would allow people to help themselves before seeking further help. She noted that the Service had identified a number Key Performance Indicators and were clear on the data that needed to be collected and measured.

Resolved – That the report be noted.