Funding awarded to 6 projects to test models that improve access to health services for people with both mental ill health and drug and alcohol dependency needs.
Over the past six months, the Trailblazer project has been working with ten ‘early adopter’ schools whilst establishing four new Mental Health Support Teams which will work closely with the 72 schools in the programme.
A Pre-admission Suite (PAS) at a south London mental and community health trust has now closed, following a Care Quality Commission focused inspection in August 2019.
CQC undertook the inspection following concerns received about the length of
time patients stayed in Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust’s PAS and complaints from patients and relatives.
In this series of case studies, we highlight what providers have done to take a flexible approach to staffing.
The case studies show different ways of organising services. They focus on the quality of care, patient safety, and efficiency, rather than just numbers and ratios of staff.
They illustrate how providers have redesigned services to make the best use of the available range of skills and disciplines. Or they found new ways to work with others in the local health and care system.