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Community Services

This project is addressing the modernisation of community mental health teams, day services and improving social inclusion. A work stream has also been established to enable the trust to provide primary mental health services.

Modernising Community Mental Health Services

Over recent years there has been a huge amount of investment in the development of new community teams to provide modern mental health services such as crisis and home treatment, assertive outreach, early intervention and more recently primary mental health teams. These teams have been established with very clearly defined remits. This has provided the trust with the opportunity to redefine the role of the traditional community mental health teams.

This project aims to modernise community mental heath teams to meet the needs of commissioners who are increasingly adopting the stepped model of care approach. The principle is to provide people with the most cost effective and appropriate treatment, in the least invasive manner, as close to home as possible. In theory, as people improve they move to a step that matches their needs and are ultimately discharged to a recovery service with their GP. Most importantly the new model will provide a better experience for people using the service by promoting recovery, social inclusion and improving access to psychological therapy.

A new model for community services has been developed and is awaiting approval. Once approved the new model will be tested out in different areas of the Trust and then rolled out over the county over the next three years. Please keep checking for further updates.