Enabling and empowering people to reach their potential and live fulfilling lives Our Foundation Trust Plans Consultation 1 September to 26 November Get

enabling and empowering people to reach their potential and live fulfilling lives

Our Foundation Trust Plans

Consultation1 September to26 November

Get involved, make a difference


The next 30 minutes

• Our consultation presentation– Who we are and what we do– The benefits a Foundation Trust offers– The role you can play – becoming a member,

electing governors, becoming a governor

• The consultation issues – your views


Who we are and what we do?

• Most people know us as AWP• The Trust’s vision is to enable and empower people

to reach their potential and live fulfilling lives• Our values inspire us in achieving our vision

– Listening– Challenging stigma and promoting equality– Being accountable to our communities– Harnessing the enthusiasm and skills of our staff

• We embrace partnerships with organisations that share our vision. We hold NHS values that guide behaviours that are expected from all service users, public and staff


What we do

• Provide mental health and social care support for – Older people– Adults of working age – Children and adolescents– Those with issues relating to drug and alcohol misuse– People with learning disabilities

• We also provide secure services and work with the police and prison service throughout the south west


What we do

• Operate across 2,200 square miles• Manage 15 in-patient facilities,

90 community bases• Provide treatment & care in people’s

own homes wherever possible • Employ some 4,000 staff• Manage a budget of approximately £200m• Help people to reach their potential and

live fulfilling lives• Fight mental health stigma


What we do in North Somerset

• Provide mental health services to:– Adults of working age and older people

• Contacts in 2008/09 with 52,391 service users in the community

• 391 in-patient admissions in 2008/09

– Specialised and Secure Services– Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services– Specialist Drug & Alcohol Services

• Drug & Alcohol Criminal Justice Delivery

• 326 AWP staff are based in North Somerset


The mental health services we provide• Adults of working age

– Primary care services– Early intervention,

psychosis– Community teams– Crisis services– Assertive outreach services– Psychological therapies– In-patient services,

including rehabilitation

• Older people– Community teams– Day services– Intensive Support Team– Inreach Team– Liaison services– In-patient services

• Delivered from community sites across Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon, in-patient beds in Weston-super-Mare


The mental health services we provide..2• Specialised and Secure Services

– Secure forensic services, including medium secure in-patient beds– High dependency rehabilitation services (low secure beds)– Services to the criminal justice system– Learning disability in-patient services – Rehabilitation services – Services dealing with eating disorders, personality disorders and

mothers and babies– Psychiatric intensive care services

• Delivered primarily from Fromeside, Bristol; through the criminal justice system across the South West; in various in-patient sites


The mental health services we provide..3• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)

– Staff seconded into Weston CAMHS service, namely dance, drama, art and psychology services

• Specialist Drug and Alcohol Services– Specialised drug and alcohol opiate replacement prescribing– Community detoxification/harm reduction/health promotion– Psychosocial interventions– Dual diagnosis - partner agencies; shared-care GP services,

community care assessment – In-patient detoxification at Long Fox Unit

• Services delivered from 47 The Boulevard Weston-super-Mare


The mental health services we provide..4• Drug & Alcohol - Criminal Justice delivery

– Operating in HM prisons throughout the South West including Bristol, Dartmoor, Dorchester, Eastwood Park, Erlestoke, Gloucester, Guys Marsh, Leyhill, Portland, Shepton Mallet

– Provide various treatments including:• CARAT (Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice

and Throughcare) services • Rehabilitation services• Integrated drug treatment services

– Criminal Justice intervention teams


Local Authority Performance


PCT Operating Plan Targets


What is a Foundation Trust?

• Integral part of the NHS• Non profit making• Membership organisation

– Service users– Carers– Local people– Staff

• Read our consultation documents


Benefits of being a Foundation Trust

• Greater community involvement • More influence for service users

and carers• Flexibility to shape services to

meet local needs – now and in the future

• Sign of quality within the NHS


Who can become a member?

• Anyone aged over 16 • People who use our services• Those who care for people who use our services• Local residents• Our staff• People interested in mental health


Why become a member?

• Make a difference– Tell us how we could improve services in your area– Speak up for good mental health – Share your expertise and experience

• Be better informed– Learn more about mental health wellbeing– Receive regular information on the work of the

Trust

• Demonstrate your support for mental health


Why become a member?

• Play an active role– Sit on advisory groups about service improvement– Be consulted about major changes– Elect governors – Stand for election

• Choose the extent of your involvement– Time spent is up to you– No cost or payment involved


Governors in a Foundation Trust

• Elected by members to represent staff, the public, service users and carers

• For terms of up to three years• Other governors nominated by partner

organisations such as primary care trusts, local authorities, universities and voluntary organisations

• Link between Board of Directors and members


Role of governors

• New appointments– Appoint Chairs, Non-Executive Directors – Approve the appointment of the Trust’s Chief Executive

• Approve the appointment of the Trust’s auditors• Receive and be consulted on plans submitted by the Board

of Directors• Receive the Trust’s annual report, annual accounts and

annual plan• Trust’s membership strategy

– Review annually– Contribute to its on going development


At each event – consultation issues

• Ideas for engaging with young people• Having dedicated service user and

carer constituencies• Your views on our plans for

constituencies• The size of the board of governors • Governors working together – informed by

members’ views• Assessing the performance of the Board of

Governors


At each event – consultation issues

• Encouraging members to vote in elections

• Encouraging members to stand for election as governors

• Members and governors speaking out for mental health

• Any other comments on our proposals to become an NHS Foundation Trust


At each event - information stands

• PALS – Patient Advice & Liaison Service– For service

comments

• NHS Constitution– rights and obligations

• Mental Health Awareness– Combating stigma


As a Foundation Trust…

• A stronger voice for communities through membership

• Greater flexibility to shape services to meet local needs

• Trust wide resources to back up local services• Specialist services, delivered cost effectively• Financial flexibility to plan for the future• Board of Governors’ representation for partner

organisations• Reassurance of quality and value


And finally

• Consultation from 1 September to 26 November• Complete the formal consultation feedback form• Visit our website – www.awp.nhs.uk• Telephone us with your views on 0800 694 9990

or 01249 468 377• Email us at [email protected]• Give us your thoughts at other public meetings

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Documents

Enabling and empowering people to reach their potential and live fulfilling lives Our Foundation Trust Plans Consultation 1 September to 26 November Get