NHSE Learning Hub Migration - Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space
This programme is available on the NHS Learning Hub. We recommend you read the information on this webpage to find out more about the programme before you access the learning (https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/mental-health-crisis-breathing-space/)
More information about the Learning Hub and the migration of elfh programmes can be found here.
About the Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space programme
This training is for health and care professionals, including Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs), who may be asked to provide evidence for a Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space (MHCBS) application or to deal with requests from debt advice providers related to an MHCBS.
An MHCBS pauses enforcement action and freezes interest and charges on debts while a person is receiving mental health crisis treatment, and for 30 days after crisis treatment ends.
This session explains the scheme, how to complete the evidence form, and how to refer someone to a debt advice provider for this purpose. It also explains the important role of the nominated point of contact, who needs to stay in touch with the debt advice provider throughout the breathing space period. It also signposts to more detailed guidance on the scheme and ways to help people in debt who are not receiving mental health crisis treatment.
More information
What is a Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space?
Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space (MHCBS) is a debt respite scheme that provides protections for people in England and Wales who are in problem debt. The protections include pausing enforcement action and contact from creditors and freezing interest and charges on their debts.
It may be very difficult to engage with debt advice while receiving mental health crisis treatment, but problem debt and mental health problems are often linked.
The Government committed to develop an alternative route into the scheme for people receiving mental health crisis treatment, so that they do not have to access debt advice first. The MHCBS lasts as long as a person’s mental health crisis treatment, plus 30 days (no matter how long the crisis treatment lasts).
The MHCBS will help to create time and space for a person to get the treatment they need, without having to worry about their debts growing or their creditors contacting them during their treatment.
Acknowledgements
HM Treasury and the Department of Health and Social Care would like to thank everyone who took time to engage with the design of the Breathing Space scheme and the Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space guidance upon which this training is based.
Meet the team
Shannon Cochrane
Head of Breathing Space Unit, Personal Finances and Funds team, HM Treasury
Mark Trewin
Mental Health Social Work Lead, Department of Health and Social Care
Jonathan Guy
Programme Manager, HEE elearning for healthcare
Marnie Greenrod
Project Manager, HEE elearning for healthcare
Victoria Ward
Instructional Designer, HEE elearning for healthcare
Catherine Moran
Graphic Designer, HEE elearning for healthcare
Hannah Dennes
Stakeholder Officer, HEE elearning for healthcare
How to access
To access this elfh programme, you will require a Learning Hub account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below. Note that if you hold a full elfh account, you can sign into the Learning Hub using your existing login credentials.
To view the Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space programme, select the View button below. If you already have a Learning Hub account, you will also be able to login and access the resources within the programme.
NHS healthcare staff in England – ESR
The Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space programme is also available to NHS healthcare staff via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). Accessing this e-learning via ESR means that your completions will transfer with you throughout your NHS career.
Further details are available here.
Not an NHS organisation?
If you are not an NHS health or care organisation and therefore do not qualify for free access to the Learning Hub, you may be able to access the service if you have an existing OpenAthens account. Please go to Learning Hub and sign in with your existing credentials.
If you do not have an existing OpenAthens account, please contact elfh directly to check whether you may be eligible for access.
Registering large numbers of users
If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space programme, please contact elfh directly.
Organisations wishing to use their own LMS
For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact elfh directly to express interest.
More information
Please select the following link for more information on how to use the Learning Hub