Decision

RESOLVED that:
1. 
The Committee receives the recommendations and
accepts the key asks set out within the Healthwatch, Evolving
Voices in Mental Health Cornwall report to:
i. 
Monitor waiting-time reduction as a standing
item.
ii. 
Scrutinise workforce deployment across Primary Care
Networks.
iii. 
Champion local delivery to reduce out-of-county
placements.
iv. 
Ensure lived experience remains a design principle,
not a footnote.
2. 
The Committee recognises that without the
comprehensive changes outlined by the great work of Healthwatch
within its report, the changes discussed would not have been
possible and acknowledge health partners acceptance of the
findings.
3. 
The Committee is assured that the system partners
have been working in response to address the issues and
recommendations made in the report.
4. 
In developing a future mental health strategy for
Cornwall the issues raised in this report are considered while
adopting a whole life course approach to mental health.
5. 
Officers investigate the availability and potential
for mental health training for Members.