Catalyst's new Patient Carers Race Equality Framework webpage
source : Catalyst 4 Change CIC
published : 9 August 2023
Catalyst 4 Change is working in partnership with Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) on the Patients Carers Race Equality Framework (PCREF) to challenge racial disparities in mental health care and improve access, experiences and outcomes for African and Caribbean communities.
The PCREF looks at the key ‘organisational competencies’ that NHS mental health trusts need to develop to address mental health inequalities experienced by racialised communities. Read more about the initiative in our full article published in February 2023. Click here.
Where did PCREF come from?
In 2020 NHS England (NHSE) and NHS Improvement published its first Advancing Mental Health Equalities Strategy, laying out plans for Mental Health Trusts to improve their understanding of the communities
they serve and ensure that mental health services become more accessible and beneficial to everyone
who needs them.
The strategy includes the NHS commitment to develop the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework which aims to ensure that Mental Health NHS Trusts work directly with ethnically diverse groups, and make sure their experience and feedback drives the changes NHS England aims to implement
within NHS services.
PCREF has three main elements:
- Part 1: Ensuring that Trusts deliver their statutory and regulatory obligations
- Part 2: Implementation of a framework of national organisational competencies
- Part 3: Development and implementation of a service user and carer feedback mechanism
PCREF Podcasts
These podcasts delve into the crucial issues facing the African and Caribbean community.
This series on the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF) explores advocacy, mental health services, and the transformative potential of PCREF.
Join our host, Rudi Page, engaging in thought-provoking conversations with members of the Catalyst team and our guest speakers.
