23.06.17
NHS England launches £640m test sites to redesign mental health services
A new tranche of sites to redesign mental health services, with plans to cut out-of-area placements, has been revealed by NHS England.
The 11 sites will look into bringing down the number of people receiving in-patient hospital treatment and will bring services for those who require more intense care closer to home.
Local managers and clinicians will now take charge of managing budgets and providing inpatient and specialised mental health services, and will also tailor them to their area’s individual needs.
“By using savings to increase the availability of services in the community and ensuring the right beds are in the right place, we aim to ensure that those who need it will be able to receive the best care and treatment at home or as close to home as possible,” said Claire Murdoch, NHS England’s national director for mental health.
“These sites have a fantastic opportunity to really tailor their mental health care around local people – helping to drive down the numbers traveling long distances and improving local services for patients.
“The first phase of wave two will go live on 1 October 2017, with nine sites covering inpatient services for children and young people (CAMHs tier 4), adult secure care, and adult eating disorder services.”
After that, the second phase, covering adult secure and adult eating disorder care will go live from April 2018 with an additional two sites.
Murdoch added that the total budget of the programme across both waves was around £640m and represented approximately 35% of the Specialised Commissioning mental health budget (£350m for wave one).
“Six sites were chosen to take part in the first wave of this project which went live on 1 April 2017,” she continued.
“The six sites plan to use 283 fewer beds as a result of admission avoidance, shorter lengths of stay, and bringing back hundreds of patients from out of area placements. This will save more than £50m over the next two years.
“The savings will be reinvested in new local services including crisis and home treatment teams; supported housing; other community services; and additional beds.”
The nine sites involved with phase one of the programme are:
CAMHS
- Surrey & Borders Partnerships FT: Sussex Partnership FT; Cygnet Health Care; Elysium Healthcare; Huntercombe Group; Priory Healthcare and Partnerships in Care
- Northumberland, Tyne & Wear FT
- Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust: Bradford District Care FT; Leeds and York Partnership FT and South West Yorkshire Partnership FT
- Hertfordshire Partnership University Foundation Trust
- South London Mental Health and Community Partnership: Oxleas FT, South London and Maudsley FT, and South London and St George’s Mental Health Trust
Adult Secure
- Mersey Care FT: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership FT; NW Boroughs FT; Elysium Health Care and Cygnet Health Care
- Sussex Partnership FT: Kent & Medway Partnership Trust and Surrey & Borders Partnership FT
- Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys FT: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear FT
Adult ED
- Leeds and York Partnership FT: Bradford District Care FT and South West Yorkshire Partnership FT
And the final two sites as part of phase two are:
Adult Secure
- Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust:Central and North West London; NELFT; East London and West London Mental Health
Adult ED
- Oxford Health FT: Avon & Wiltshire FT; Berkshire Healthcare FT; Surrey & Borders Partnership FT; Southern Health FT and 2gether FT
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