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In the second in our series We need to talk about social care, Kim Woodbridge-Dodd looks at the integration of mental health and social care, the benefits behind this and the challenges faced on the ground.
...The first in this series is a briefing by Mark Trewin (Service Manager - Mental Health, Bradford Metropolitan District Council and Social Care Advisor, NHSE Adult Mental Health Team) who is talking about reducing out of area placements. The briefing offers readers the chance to think about what works, the role social care has to play and who to contact to share ideas.
The Care Quality Commission has published its findings following a review of health and social care services in Leeds.
This report is one of a number of targeted local system reviews looking specifically at how older people move through the health and social care system, with a focus on how services work together.
Professor Steve Field, Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care, said: “Our review of health and social care services in the county found that older people had varied experiences of health and social care services. There were variations in what was available to them depending on where they lived, which meant that people’s experiences of care and the support they received were inconsistent.
The AMHP service comprises a central unit and five locality teams. AMHPs work flexibly across the whole county, travelling as needed to deal with local spikes in referrals.
During quieter times they are encouraged to work on development of themselves and their service. Taking time off in lieu is also something the management team insist on, helping ease the pressure of the job.
Open access. Recent qualitative research suggests that changes to the way eligibility for welfare payments is determined in the UK may be detrimental to claimants with mental illnesses. No large-scale analysis has been undertaken to date.
The long-term costs of supporting UK citizens with severe mental health problems far outweigh the costs of treatments, yet the scarcity of research on this issue is in marked contrast to the many studies of clinical interventions. In The Lancet Psychiatry, a study by Helen Killaspy and colleagues1 of supported accommodation services in England provides some sorely needed information. They assessed 22 residential care, 35 supported housing, and 30 floating outreach services across the country in terms of service quality and costs and service users' quality of life, autonomy, and satisfaction with care. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
There is limited evidence to support the creation of new roles to deliver integrated care. Indeed the available evidence suggests that working with the existing workforce to create more flexible and multi-skilled teams that can work across boundaries is as, if not more, effective, says a report published today by The King’s Fund.
This House of Commons Library briefing paper analyses recent policy and debate on the integration of NHS-provided healthcare and local authority-provided social care. This has been a key policy priority for successive Governments, with the aim of improving patient care and saving money for the NHS and local authorities