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The Care Quality Commission has told Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust that it must make significant improvements to its community-based mental health services for adults of working age, following its latest inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
A team of CQC inspectors visited Southern Health in June and July 2018 to check 10 mental health services and five of its community services. Inspectors also looked specifically at management and leadership to answer the key question: Is the trust well led?
As a result of this inspection the trust remains rated as Requires Improvement overall. However, Inspectors rated the trust as Good for the key questions: Are services caring and responsive and Requires Improvement for safety and effectiveness. Inspectors also rated the trust Requires Improvement for the key question: Is the trust well-led.
The trust was rated as Good following an inspection in January 2017 but on CQC’s return inspectors found a number of improvements had been made resulting in it receiving an Outstanding rating.