On the spot

Below are exclusive video snippets from a panel question and answer session at the Mental Health Today conference in London on November 1, 2006

Panel members were:
* Anne Beales, director of service user involvement, Together
* Peter Horn, national programme director for mental health, Care Services Improvement Partnership
* Kathy Tyson, branch head of mental health, Department of Health
* Lord Victor Adebowale, chief executive, Turning Point
* Paul Farmer, chief executive, Mind

The session was chaired by David Brindle of the Guardian.

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"Service user involvement should be mainstreamed"

Panelists describe what they view as the biggest priority in mental health

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Why is 'effective' personality disorder service being forced to close?

The Henderson Hospital personality disorder service in Sutton, Surrey, faces closure? What can be done to save it?
Tyson: "It's a problem with commissioning"
Farmer: "Specialist services are threatened"
Adebowale: "Who decides if the Henderson unit is a national or regional service?"
Tyson: "Henderson needs a consortium of local commissioners"
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Can payment by results work in mental health?

Barmy: "It's barmy"
Farmer: "Who defines the results?"
Tyson: "It's about how we make payment by results work in mental health"

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How far should service users travel for treatment?

Tyson: "Sometimes services have to be further away to get best resources in one place"
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