Dual Diagnosis Support A, D Recruitment of Band Recruitment JE Increase number of contact – To provide a dedicated 6 Nurse with January/February 2015 with services related to mental health giving substance misuse substance misuse. Training Implementation: OOH advice and support expertise to provide 2015 Increased confidence in to Police, Ambulance OOH advice and local providers with service and to 3rd sector support to the Full implementation and providing advice and organisations with focus Police, Ambulance review of service: assisting with/ managing on dual diagnosis and and B&NES Street 2015 onwards issues regarding dual transitions. This is an Homeless project diagnosis. ageless service which will (run by Julian Update 15/05/2015: include the Early House) also provide Unsuccessful in targeted Longer term reduction in the Intervention service, assistance with resilience money bid. presentation of services Psychiatric Liaison and referrals on Continuing to try and get users to ED/ 136 suites. Intensive Services appropriate funding. Researching pathways to other and investigating how to Reduction in attendance services. evidence that service will times for ambulance and pay for itself. police services for service users with mental health Update 30/09/2015: problems Band 6 Intensive team vacancy being converted Only people with mental into a police and health problems are homeless liaison post detained in 136 suites within contracted budget as part of a local model. Development of C, D A sub group of the January 2015 onwards Increased confidence in ML/RR workforce in RUH RUH nursing physical healthcare staffs’ Also optimising care for workforce group is ability to manage mental physical needs of meeting to discuss health problems and vice patients in Sycamore and training and skill versa. Ward 4 without having to sharing
Dual Diagnosis Support To provide a dedicated mental health giving OOH advice and support to Police, Ambulance service and to 3rd sector organisations with focus on dual diagnosis and transitions. This is an ageless service which will include the Early Intervention service, Psychiatric Liaison and Intensive Services A, D Recruitment of Band 6 Nurse with substance misuse expertise to provide OOH advice and support to the Police, Ambulance and B&NES Street Homeless project (run by Julian House) also provide assistance with referrals on appropriate pathways to other services. Recruitment – January/February 2015 Training Implementation: 2015 Full implementation and review of service: 2015 onwards Update 15/05/2015: Unsuccessful in targeted resilience money bid. Continuing to try and get funding. Researching and investigating how to evidence that service will pay for itself. Update 30/09/2015: Band 6 Intensive team vacancy being converted into a police and homeless liaison post within contracted budget as part of a local model. JE Increase number of contact with services related to substance misuse. Increased confidence in local providers with providing advice and assisting with/ managing issues regarding dual diagnosis. Longer term reduction in the presentation of services users to ED/ 136 suites. Reduction in attendance times for ambulance and police services for service users with mental health problems Only people with mental health problems are detained in 136 suites Development of workforce in RUH C, D A sub group of the RUH nursing workforce group is meeting to discuss training and skill sharing January 2015 onwards Also optimising care for physical needs of patients in Sycamore and Ward 4 without having to ML/RR Increased confidence in physical healthcare staffs’ ability to manage mental health problems and vice versa.
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