3. Services responding during and a mental health crisis All providers to be made aware of requirement to ensure positive impact and equality of All providers aware service access to veterans, people with alcohol and drug misuse problems and the groups of people identified through the 9 Protected Characteristics Review adequacy of the adult acute hospital Liaison Psychiatry service to identify the gaps in Service reviewed. Extended liaison and out of hours provision of the current service as currently commissioned and pending the outcome, maintain capacity with particular focus on older adult clients, current extended provision for adult A&E Liaison, through extra resources between people with personality disorders and primary care Monday-Friday and all day Saturday/ Sunday. interface (GP interface) has continued, supported by SCCG Systems Resilience and Prime Ministers Challenge Fund non-recurrent funding investment. Business case drafted for further development of the service with an outcome anticipated at the beginning of December 2015 In light of the Children’s Mental Health Task Force report, review the adequacy of liaison Adequacy reviewed. Service development required. psychiatry services for patients presenting to Sheffield Children’s Hospital (SCH) Need for linkage with adult service recognised In response to Care, and work on the Winterbourne Concordat, Sheffield City Capital bids have been developed by CCG and SCC “Transforming Council (SCC), Sheffield City Housing team and SCCG will work together on improving access to to deliver better accommodation for people with a appropriate accommodation and support for people at risk of out of city placement. Learning Disability (LD) and complex An Pathways into and out of hospital care will be revised. accommodation strategy has been jointly developed led by SCC. Ensure that through Commissioning’, people are kept well in their community ‘Integrated Increased levels of working together and integrated through independent living solutions, implementation of the short breaks strategy facilitating commissioning have resulted in improved levels of active recovery and support and long term high support community facilities Support the delivery of led care’. ‘needs
3. Services responding during and a mental health crisis All providers to be made aware of requirement to ensure positive impact and equality of service access to veterans, people with alcohol and drug misuse problems and the groups of people identified through the 9 Protected Characteristics All providers aware Review adequacy of the adult acute hospital Liaison Psychiatry service to identify the gaps in provision of the current service as currently commissioned and pending the outcome, maintain current extended provision for adult A&E Liaison, through extra resources between Monday-Friday and all day Saturday/ Sunday. Service reviewed. Extended liaison and out of hours capacity with particular focus on older adult clients, people with personality disorders and primary care interface (GP interface) has continued, supported by SCCG Systems Resilience and Prime Ministers Challenge Fund non-recurrent funding investment. Business case drafted for further development of the service with an outcome anticipated at the beginning of December 2015 In light of the Children’s Mental Health Task Force report, review the adequacy of liaison psychiatry services for patients presenting to Sheffield Children’s Hospital (SCH) Adequacy reviewed. Service development required. Need for linkage with adult service recognised In response to “Transforming Care, and work on the Winterbourne Concordat, Sheffield City Council (SCC), Sheffield City Housing team and SCCG will work together on improving access to appropriate accommodation and support for people at risk of out of city placement. Pathways into and out of hospital care will be revised. Capital bids have been developed by CCG and SCC to deliver better accommodation for people with a Learning Disability (LD) and complex An accommodation strategy has been jointly developed led by SCC. Increased levels of working together and integrated commissioning have resulted in improved levels of community facilities Ensure that through ‘Integrated Commissioning’, people are kept well in their community through independent living solutions, implementation of the short breaks strategy facilitating active recovery and support and long term high support Support the delivery of ‘needs led care’.
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