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Acute Mental Health Services. Philosophical question.Do separate Crisis Home Treatment Teams work ?. Acute mental Health Services. Advantages.A defined team.Ticks the box for the Dept of Health.Clinically skilled upEnsures consistency and team cohesivenessLeadership and organisationGatekee
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1. North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus
Acute Mental Health Services
2. Acute Mental Health Services Philosophical question.
Do separate Crisis Home Treatment Teams work ?
3. Acute mental Health Services Advantages.
A defined team.
Ticks the box for the Dept of Health.
Clinically skilled up
Ensures consistency and team cohesiveness
Leadership and organisation
Gatekeeping
4. Acute Mental health Services Disadvantages
“Rob Peter to pay Paul”
Decline of Quality on in-patient units.
Community vs In-Patient pressure.
Lack of ownership in decision making process.
Why home Treatment when In-Patient is easier
Target driven
Cohesiveness
5. Acute Mental Health Services What is Acute Mental Health
Where should Crisis Teams sit.
Where should Home Treatment be delivered from
How do we invest in our staff to ensure quality “the battle of the target driven NHS” against the battle for quantity
6. Acute Mental Health Services Acute Mental Health Services should include:-
In-Patient facilities
Crisis Services
AMPH Team (including 136 Team)
Home Treatment
A&E Liaison services
7. Acute Mental Health Services Where should crisis service sit
By being part of the acute Mental they take ownership of the service
Integrated management
Integrated reporting and support service
Based within the Acute Units (if there is no crisis they work where the need is greatest/cross cover
The skills are therefore not lost
8. Acute Mental Health Service Where should the Home Treatment Team sit?
Within the Acute Units
Integrated management team
Integrated reporting system
All Acute Staff can have a role in Home Treatment
Same Consultants (see NWW)
Staff go where the need is greatest, this has resulted in one of the quickest turn arounds in bed occupancy and care quality in the uK (see CQC Report)
Philosophy of Care = Home Treatment is priority
9. Acute Mental Health Services How do we invest in Staff to ensure “quality”
By integrating the service you return the skills framework so badly damaged by the arrival of Crisis teams
All staff take ownership, the desire to bring around more quality home treatment occurs and more appropriate in-patients
Staff have a variety of roles and responsibilities
Overall ownership and management structure – no separation
10. Acute Mental Health Services Conclusion
Separation has resulted in staffing problems and lack of experience especially upon in-patient units
Integration has re-established the balance
Quality has returned
Staff have a variety and the service user benefits from the continuity
Staff go where the need is greatest.