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National Mental Health Development Unit and
West Midlands Public Health Observatory

Mental Well-being
Impact Assessment (MWIA) Capacity Building Programme
West Midlands

NMHDU and the WMPHO are pleased to announce the first capacity building programme in Mental Well-being Impact Assessment (MWIA) in the West Midlands. The programme will run from October 2010 to March 2011 and has been commissioned by NMHDU and provided by the Inukshuk and SLaM Partnership (ISP). This programme aims to build a national profile and develop local capacity for undertaking MWIA with organisations in health, local government, private, and voluntary and community sectors.

This 2 hour introductory session is for those who are new to MWIA, interested in having an overview of MWIA and who may be thinking about signing up for the 3 day training programme.
There is a choice of two options (morning or afternoon). The session is free and places are on a first come, first served basis.

This is a half day interactive taster session for those who:

• are familiar with the MWIA tool kit and want to use the process independently
• want to try out aspects of the MWIA process
• are interested in signing up for the 3 day training programme

This session is free and places are on a first come, first served basis.

This is a 3 day training programme for those wanting to carry out a rapid MWIA and will be held on 3 separate days during January and March 2011. You will need a team of 3 people to attend all 3 days and a proposal (project, programme, service or strategy) on which to undertake the MWIA. The aim of this course is to enable a team of 3 people to do a MWIA on a proposal that is either being planned or can be changed as a result of the impact assessment. All members of the team need to be familiar with the proposal. At least one member of the team needs to have attended one of the above MWIA sessions or have prior experience of using MWIA.

The course can take only 3 teams from the West Midlands (9 people in all) and will be run jointly with 3 teams from the East Midlands. NMHDU and Learning for Public Health in the West Midlands (formerly known as the West Midlands Teaching Public Health Network) are funding this training course and attendance on the course is free. Please register expressions of interest on the booking form. Closing date for submissions is 5:00pm 2nd December 2010.

What is Mental Well-being Impact Assessment?

Mental Well-being Impact Assessment (MWIA) is a new methodology developed and tested on over 450 programmes in England. It combines robust Health Impact Assessment methodology with up to date evidence on the determinants of mental well-being. It engages a wide range of partners in systematically assessing a policy, programme, service or project and making recommendations for improvement and monitoring. MWIA can be used as part of other impact assessments or as a standalone process. The MWIA toolkit provides a practical step by step guide and can be found on the HIA Gateway.

The process enables a shift in thinking and resources to improving well-being. This enables partners and sectors to transform systems from those that concentrate on managing the consequences of poor well-being (high crime, unemployment, illness, intolerance and underachievement) to ones that tackle its determinants: control, resilience, participation & inclusion.

Benefits from undertaking MWIA

The outcomes from undertaking MWIA have been positive and suggest that MWIA has a central role to play in:

• Creating better responses to improve well-being;
• Developing a shared understanding and coherence of mental well-being with a range of partners;
• Ensuring policies, programmes, services and projects have a positive impact on mental well-being, with meaningful indicators of success;
• Actively engaging all partners in service development and fostering co-production of mental well-being; and
• Supporting community needs assessment and the development of relevant and meaningful local indicators.

Who should attend the sessions?

We welcome delegates from a wide range of disciplines and expect that the course will be of interest to both commissioners and practitioners in:

• Local Government
• Health and Social Care
• Government Agencies
• The Voluntary Sector
• Higher Education
• Private Consultancies
• Public Health

Who are the trainers?

The trainers for this programme have extensive experience of MWIA. They will be:

• Anthea Cooke, Inukshuk Consultancy Limited
• Lynn Snowden, Inukshuk Consultancy Limited
• Nerys Edmunds, SLAM South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
• Tony Coggins, SLAM South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
• Nicholas Henry, SLAM South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Further Information

The programme is only open for those working in the West Midlands.

For further information on any of these sessions please contact:

Lynn Snowden: Tel. No.: 07944 393 863; email: lynnsnowden@inukshukconsultancy.com

or

Kate O’Hara: Tel. No.: 07899 897 087; email: Kate.ohara@westmidlands.nhs.uk

To express your interest in a session, please complete the expression of interest form. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Links to organisations

• HIA Gateway
• Inukshuk Consulting Limited
• Learning for Public Health
• National Mental Health Development Unit
• NHS West Midlands
• South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
• West Midlands Public Health Observatory