Introduction

Elected Panel

Member Directory

Introducing the VCFSE

Mental Health Collective & Panel

for Birmingham & Solihull

WHAT IS IT & WHY DO WE NEED IT?

background

• The Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together health and social care ​across the region and will deliver mental health care through the Mental Health Provider ​Collaborative (MHPC)
  
• The creation of the MHPC offers Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) ​organisations a formal role in the leadership of mental health care management across the region for ​the first time.
  

what HAS changED?

• The VCFSE Mental Health Collective represents the VCFSE Mental Health and Wellbeing VCFSE ​sector in Birmingham & Solihull
• The Collective has elected a Chair, a Deputy Chair, and 10 people to sit on the VCFSE Mental Health ​Panel which has a formal role in the management & governance of the MHPC and meets monthly
• 2 further Panel Members for Learning Disabilities and Autism (LD&A) were added in August 2024
  

what opportunities are there?

• Membership of the Collective gives organisations the chance to put forward ideas for improving ​mental health outcomes across Birmingham and Solihull (BSol), and for raising concerns about gaps or ​shortcomings in service.
• Membership gets organisations a vote in the biannual elections for Chair, Deputy Chair and Panel ​Members, and a vote in decisions for the sector made at regular meetings.
• The Collective is the first place to learn about progress and developments within the NHS across ​BSol, and especially in the MHPC.
• Collective members are informed about developments across BSol through information exchange and ​making connections with other member organisations.
• Collective Members have access to the VCFSE Mental Health Collective for Birmingham and Solihull ​Workspace at FutureNHS
  

The community for all VCFSE

Mental Health and Wellbeing organisations

in Birmingham and Solihull