Plexus: helping people

manage mental health

conditions

1 in 4 people
will be affected
by mental health

254K people in the UK

with mental health conditions
have been signed off from work
in the last 12 months

40% of disability benefit

claims annually are related to MHC
the highest recorded in Europe.

MHC cost the economy

an estimated 70bn a year

71.7bn of value that design

contributes to the UK.

Our experience
Experienced MHC first hand
Six years to return to work
Possible after leaving their employer
Effects on family friendship group
Financial, emotional, social & psychological.

M/A working with Mind

Creation of OpenHub
knowledge platform
Working on open data releases
for their network data

plexus.support

Plexus sections:

around you

Support and services

Back to work

Around you

Legal rights

Registration

support & services

use my location

enter my postcode

searchable distance

Support & services:

Shows Mind services closest to you

Filterable by the services offered

Shows NHS support near you

Use GPS or manual added postcode

Support & services:

support & services

Shows Mind services closest to you

Filterable by the services offered

Shows NHS support near you

Use GPS or manual added postcode

current: SE1 6JR

Mind / NHS

Lambeth & Southwark Mind

phone

email

website

4th Floor
336 Brixton Road
London SW9 7AA
Opening hours: Office Hours - Monday to
Friday: 10am - 5pm

Support & services:

support & services

current: SE1 6JR

Mind / NHS
Lambeth & Southwark Mind
phone

email

Shows Mind services closest to you

Filterable by the services offered

Shows NHS support near you

Use GPS or manual added postcode

website

4th Floor
336 Brixton Road
London SW9 7AA
Opening hours: Office Hours - Monday to
Friday: 10am - 5pm
Services provided
Drop in
Information services
Self help groups
Support groups
Volunteer opportunities
Lambeth & Southwark Mind is run by
mental health service users and survivors.
Their services include a Friday afternoon
drop in service and an online and paper
directory of organisations, services and
projects - local, London-wide and national for people with experience of any kind of
emotional distress or mental health issues,
their families, partners and friends.

back to work

Back to work:

use my location

Shows volunteering and job opportunities

enter my postcode

Outlines returning to work

searchable distance

Helps you apply for jobs

Shows what can help your health and

happiness

back to work
current: SE1
6JR
volunteering

current: SE1 6JR

Summer Holiday Volunteers Day Centre Assistants

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark
London, SE1 1QQ
8 Jul 2015 - 2 Dec 2015

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Back to work:

Shows volunteering and job opportunities

Outlines returning to work

Helps you apply for jobs

Shows what can help your health and

happiness

back to work
work

application guidance

Back to work:

cv advise
Your personal details
You should include your name, address and
contact details.
It's up to you whether you include your age,
marital status and nationality. Recruiters should
be able to make a decision about your skills
and abilities without this information.
If youre adding your email address to your
contact details make sure that it sounds professional and creates the right impression. You
may also want to add a link to a professional
social media website like LinkedIn. If you do,
check that the website shows you in a positive
light and doesnt contain anything you wouldnt
want an employer to see.

the interview
undertstanding job ads
undertstanding job ads

Shows volunteering and job opportunities

Outlines returning to work

Helps you apply for jobs

Shows what can help your health &

happiness

around you

use my location

select a region

Around you:

Shows current effect MHC has on your locality

Shows current DLA details

(local, regional and national)

Shows current JSA details

(local, regional and national)

Case studies

around you
current: London SE1 6JR

Around you:

Your region Southwark has 8900 people

currenty not able to work due to Mental
Health related issues, who have been
unable to works for the more than the past
12 months. This equates to 1.08% of the

Shows current effect MHC has on your locality

Shows current DLA details

UKs total number

(local regional and national)

Shows current JSA details

(local regional and national)

discover support services

in your local area

Case studies

Your rights

Context

Aftercare under section 117 of the

Mental Health Act
A brief legal guide to aftercare, including
details of where you can go for further
information or support.

Legal rights:

Outline a persons legal rights

Clinical Negligence
A brief legal guide to clinical negligence,
including details of where you can go for
further information or support.

Explains sick pay

Community care and aftercare

Answers some of the common questons
about community care and aftercare and
explains the options available.

Helpful link and points of contact

Complaining about health and social

care
This legal briefing summarises the law on
confidential information and the principles
under which such information may be
disclosed under the Data Protection Act
1998.
Consent to treatment
Answers some of the common questions
about consent to medical treatment and
explains the options available.

Profile

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my details
Profile

name
Martin Vowles
username
martininma
email
deaftype@yahoo.com
phone number
+44 2089684640
location
brent
gender
male

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Open data sets used

Other data used

Plexus: whats next

Centred:

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User selects 4 metrics (e.g.)

Metric 1

Metric 3

Metric 4

Metric 2

Environment
Working hours
Communication with management
Commute

Maps four key metrics as circles

Centred within the screen

Centred:

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Metric 3

Metric 4

Metric 1

Metric 2

User interactions with the

various tools and resources
affect the positions of
each metric

Centred:

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Current view: today

Will be useable in 3 modes:

Metric 3

Metric 4

Metric 1

Individual
Employee
Employer

Metric 2

Centred:

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Will not just be for people with

existing MHC

Metric 3

Metric 4

Metric 1

Metric 2

Also a platform for anyone to gauge

their work life balance and where
their time could be focused

Centred can be viewed

over multiple time periods

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Suggestions & resolutions

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realign each element

Will cross reference the knowledge
base already on the platform
Push notifications to keep everyone
aware and engaged

Achievement badges:
Users gain for interactions with Plexus
Require user account to have been created
Mark milestones or areas of knowledge gained
Results will form part of our open data

Plexus future
Additional investment
Building clinical partnerships
Building user network
Release of own open data
Completion of work with Mind
to release their data

Thanks for listening

Martin Vowles
cofounder of M/A
martin@ma-work.co.uk
@martininma