Welcome back and thanks for stopping by. Have you ever heard of PCREF? There was a blog about it in 2019 regarding mental health inequalities for black people. Mental Health outcomes for those from the Afro-Caribbean community has been very poor for a long time. So there has to be some form of change, but how can this go about? I think it starts with the community and a way for black people to come together and query how mental health services and support the community.

The blog about health inequalities from NHS England is below.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/blog/how-can-we-have-the-same-outcomes-when-were-not-having-the-same-experiences/

South London & Maudsley short for SLaM are one of the mental health trusts looking to work with the black community on ways to support wellbeing and close the inequalities gap.

I recently made a short video as an intro into black health inequalities, although its not going to be the only video I am working on.

They are looking for members of the Black community to attend a series of events SLaM call ‘Fit for Partnership’. These events well focus on four boroughs they run services.

• Croydon’s Black Community:  Tuesday 19 January, 6pm – 8pm:  Register here
• For more information email:  CroydonIAG@bmeforum.org  

• Lambeth’s Black Community:  Thursday 21 January, 6pm – 8pm:  Register here
• For more information email:  LambethIAG@blackthrive.org.uk

• Lewisham’s Black Community:  Tuesday 2 February, 6pm – 8pm:  Register here 
• For more information email:  LewishamIAG@bmeforum.org

• Southwark’s Black Community:  Friday 5 February, 10am – 12pm:  Register here 
• For more information email:  SouthwarkIAG@blackthrive.org.uk

There will also be a Black service users and carers event, where details are below:

Four borough Service User and Carer event:  Thursday 4 February, 1pm – 3pm:  Register here 

For more information email PCREFapproach@slam.nhs.uk