PCREF is a recommendation from the national Mental Health Act Review to eliminate the unacceptable racial disparity Mental Health Trusts see in Access, Experience and Outcomes (AEO) and to improve the trust and confidence of Black communities in our services.
NHS England has launched its first ever anti-racism framework: the Patient and carer race equality framework (PCREF), for all NHS mental health trusts and mental health service providers to embed across England.
This mandatory framework will support trusts and providers on their journeys to becoming actively anti-racist organisations by ensuring that they are responsible for co-producing and implementing concrete actions to reduce racial inequalities within their services.
It will become part of Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections.
We work with various community partners:
Acacia Acacia Family Support | Prenatal Depression and Postnatal Depression Support Services | Birmingham
Making Connections Work Home – Making Connections Work
Association of Jamaican Nationals Association of Jamaican Nationals (Birmingham) UK – Charity, Jamaican Nationals, Charity, Nonprofit (ajn-birmingham.org)
Catalyst4change BME Mental Health | West Midlands Hub | CATALYST 4 Change
Derby Gypsy Liaison Group Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group – Home (dglg.org)
Nishkam Healthcare Trust Nishkam Healthcare Trust
The 1928 Institute The 1928 Institute
We have also worked with the BreezeLab and Maternity Engagement Action CIC (Maternity Engagement Action | Engaging Perinatal Families For Better Maternal Outcomes) to facilitate coproduction sessions for a Black women’s persona in perinatal services.
Why do we need this?
Data consistently highlights that people from ethnic minority backgrounds (especially Black backgrounds) are:
More likely to be detained under the Act.
More likely to enter the system through a criminal justice route.
More likely to be detained in hospital for longer.
More likely to be subject to ongoing conditions under the Act following discharge from hospital.
Resources related to PCREF:
PCREF Podcast: PCREF Podcasts – CATALYST 4 Change
NHS England » Patient and carer race equality framework
Data:
- Health inequalities – Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)
- Health disparities and health inequalities: applying All Our Health – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Inequalities and mental health – YouTube
- Mental health racial bias in England and Wales is ‘inexcusable’, says report | Mental health | The Guardian
- Facts and figures about racism and mental health – Mind
- Evidence of inequalities | Ethnic communities | Birmingham City Council
NHS blogs about Health Inequalities: NHS England » Blog posts
Racial disparities in mental health – Literature and evidence review: Layout 1 (raceequalityfoundation.org.uk)
Physical health checks for people with severe mental illness – Physical health checks for people with severe mental illness – Race Equality Foundation
