08.03.11
New CAMHS consultant appointed for Pennine Care
Bury is set to improve its CAMHS inpatient service, with the appointment of new consultant Dr Alison Wood.
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust’s Horizon Unit provides enhanced care and treatment to adolescents with complex mental health problems, including eating disorders and depression.
The unit focuses on rehabilitation and provides extended assessment and treatment for young people, as part of the Government’s CAMHS programme. It also complements the services provided at the Hope Unit, which is an acute assessment and treatment unit for adolescents and is located on the same site.
Dr Wood joins the trust from Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and has 17 years experience at consultant level within CAMHS services, working in tier 4 settings since 2002.
She said: “The Horizon Unit is focussed on providing intensive treatment and rehabilitation to patients that have challenging and complex needs, using a combination of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, one to one counselling, group therapy and dialectal behavioural therapy.
“I hope to enhance this service by bringing my expertise in adolescent eating disorders and depression to enable a timely discharge from inpatient care or to prevent acute admission. I will also be exploring the management of emerging personality disorder within inpatients, developing therapeutic programmes and research opportunities.”
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