Heads at the heart of the NHS: How mental health is central to everything in the new NHS - with Brent Kilmurray (Chief Executive of Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust)

With mental health services facing unique challenges, Brent Kilmurray (Chief Executive of Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust), joins Tom Clarke (Director, Mtech Access) to explore the challenges of leading mental health services in the NHS.

As Chief Executive of the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, and with almost 20 years of experience in strategic and operational roles in the NHS, Brent is well placed to explore the challenges facing mental health services and what can be done to deliver change in this area.

The Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of mental health, learning disability and eating disorder services for the people living in County Durham and Darlington, the Tees Valley and most of North Yorkshire.

This recording was first broadcast as a live webinar on 29th January 2021 as part of our #WhispersWordsofWisdom​ series.

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Chapters

• 2:40 Tell us about the mental health services you provide.
• 4:38 How has activity changed throughout the pandemic?
• 10:33 Is the impact that the pandemic is having on mental health in the wider population being seen in your trust?
• 15:30 Are you equipped to deal with an increase in demand for mental health services?
• 18:03 Will mental health become a more important part of the wider integrated care system?
• 21:30 What skills can experienced mental health services bring to the wider NHS?
• 24:05 Thinking about the future of Integrated Care Systems (ICS), how do you as a Trust manage to provide services at a local and organisational level?
• 27:30 What are some of the gaps in data that you have as a mental health trust?
• 29:10 Do you see the outcome measures associated with mental health changing in any way?
• 30:53 Are you aware of any changes to how mental health services will be funded?
• 36:00 Are you seeing a will to make real change?
• 37:20 Is there a role for industry to support your objectives?
• 40:03 What are your top priorities for the year ahead (or this week)?
• 42:30 You mentioned the pandemic recovery, where do you imagine recovering to?