Introduction
Welcome to the Havering Mental Health Needs Assessment 2024–26. This web page provides access to two key documents:
- Babies, Children & Young People Emotional Wellbeing Needs Assessment (Currently underway)
- Havering Adult Mental Health Needs Assessment (AMHNA)
Together, these assessments offer a detailed understanding of mental health and emotional wellbeing needs across the Havering population. They are designed to inform decision-making, shape service delivery and support long-term strategic planning.
Before you explore, we recommend reading the introduction below to help set the context. You can then use the navigation menu on the right to explore different sections.
Please note: The BYCP Emotional Wellbeing Needs Assessment is currently in development. The completed version will be uploaded here as soon as it is available.
Setting the Scene
Mental health and emotional wellbeing are essential to overall health and quality of life. A life course approach helps identify key risk and protective factors at every stage of life—from infancy to older age.
As outlined by the UK Government’s public health framework, this approach recognises that health and wellbeing are shaped by biological, behavioural and social factors throughout life. In the context of mental health, this approach prioritises early intervention and prevention from preconception through to later life.
By targeting the building blocks of good mental health and wellbeing—such as housing, education, employment, income and social connectedness—we can work to reduce inequalities and build resilience at every stage of life. This preventative framework shifts the focus from reactive treatment to proactive support, ensuring timely and appropriate interventions that promote lifelong emotional wellbeing. Learn more about this approach here.
How to Use These Assessments
The Havering Mental Health Needs Assessments are practical tools for:
- Commissioners and service providers
- Strategic planners and policymakers
- Voluntary and community sector organisations
- Anyone involved in improving mental health outcomes locally
Both assessment includes:
- Havering data and local trends
- Insights from stakeholders and the community (including service users)
- Evidence-informed recommendations for future planning
What’s Covered?
Babies, Children & Young People (BCYP) Emotional Wellbeing Needs Assessment 2025 (currently underway)
Areas covered
Prevention, early intervention, management of emotional wellbeing / conditions and access to services for the following age groups:
- Early Years (0-5 years)
- Primary School (5-10 years)
- Secondary School / Adolescence (11– 25 years old for young people with SEND)
Areas not covered
- Specialist treatment for severe mental health conditions
- Suicide
- Perinatal mental health
Please note: “emotional wellbeing” will be used throughout the BCYP needs assessment instead of “mental health”.
Adult Mental Health Needs Assessment (AMHNA)
Areas covered
- Common mental health conditions (CMD)
- Severe mental illness (SMI)
- Borderline personality disorder (BPD)
- Young people (aged 17.5+) moving from child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to adult services
- Perinatal mental health conditions
Areas not covered
- Substance misuse
- Suicide
- Dementia
- Learning disability
- Autism
- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Eating disorders
Download the AMHNA Executive Summary and Key Recommendations
Download the MHNA Executive Summary and Key Recommendations here
Download the easy-read version of the AMHNA Executive Summary below:
Download the AMHNA Easy-Read Executive Summary here
Download the Infographic Chapter Summaries
Download the Infographics Summary here
Download a .pdf version of the Adult Mental Health Needs Assessment
Please note this report is recommended to be accessed through the navigation menu, but here is a link to the full report if needed