Lancashire Mental Health Commissioning Network
LANCASHIRE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
'UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT'
Updated - February 2012
• Pre-consultation information (Power Point Presentation)
There are around 17,600 people aged 65 years and over in Lancashire with dementia and these numbers are expected to rise to more than 25,600 by 2025. This predicted increase is linked to the ageing population. Given these circumstances, dementia is very much a local and national priority.
Many carers and people with dementia themselves, have told us that being able to live in their own home was very important to the person with dementia. There is also a lot of evidence to suggest that people with dementia should be moved as little as possible, so caring for people in their own home or in the community is the most effective way to offer care, resulting in better outcomes for people.
The five Lancashire Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) are currently carrying out pre-consultation work leading to a formal public consultation later this year which will focus on dementia services in Lancashire.
The emphasis of the current work is to develop a high quality network of services for the whole of Lancashire – the vision is to 'help people with dementia and their carers to live well with dementia, no matter what the stage of their condition'.
The consultation will explain how those bodies responsible for commissioning dementia services in Lancashire will continue to build upon and improve a County-wide network of services. This will ensure that services for people with dementia are of a consistent standard in all areas and the overall aim is to make sure that wherever possible people with dementia and their carers can be supported to continue to live in their usual place of residence.
The views of service users, carers, members of the public, patient representative organisations and others will be essential to achieving a successful consultation, which is likely to ask the following:
• Do you think the services outlined in the consultation
will help people with dementia stay out of hospital?
• How have these changes affected you so far?
• Will they affect you in the future?
• What are the main issues for you? For example;
- Access and travel
- Keeping in contact with your family
Over recent years significant progress has been made to improve community services for people with dementia across Lancashire. This has meant a shift in resources from hospitals to community-based services - in fact, 97% of dementia care now takes place in the community rather than in a hospital.
With the right network of services in place, only a small number of people with very complex needs or challenging behaviour will need extremely specialist hospital-based mental health care. Most of these people will have been detained under the Mental Health Act.
In terms of specialist inpatient beds, this service will run from one new site in Lancashire – 'The Harbour' (Whyndyke Farm, Blackpool) for the very small number of people who need this level of care. The location of this new specialist unit is not part of the consultation, but views regarding access and travel to 'The Harbour' and any other issues raised will of course be welcome.
If you would like to feed in your views during this pre-consultation phase, or if you would like your details to be added to the mailing list to receive consultation materials and further information, please contact:
Paul Hopley: Head of Programmes, or Pat Rolph: Project Support
Lancashire Mental Health Commissioning Network Team
Tel: (01254) 282128
Email: lancashirementalhealth@bwd.nhs.uk
Dementia Services
Department of Health – Press Release 07.11.11
• Six out of ten people with dementia go undiagnosed – £2 million campaign launched to tackle dementia (External Webpage)
• Lancashire Dementia Services UPDATE – Stakeholder Letter 03.11.11 (PDF)
On the 27th September 2011, a Lancashire Dementia QIPP Clinical Congress was held for representatives from statutory and third sector organisations to discuss the development of a dementia services 'Case for Change'. Workshop sessions were held to examine innovative and integrated approaches to the delivery of services to people with dementia across the health and social care sectors, and to consider the content of a public consultation for dementia. Notes from each of the workshops held during the day can be downloaded by clicking on the links below. The notes are attached in PDF format.
• Session 1a - Acute general hospital care (PDF)
• Session 1b - Improving care at home, care homes and social care (PDF)
• Session 1c - Reducing inappropriate prescribing of anti-psychotics (PDF)
• Session 1d - Early diagnosis and intervention (PDF)
• Session 1e - Transition towards specialist dementia beds (PDF)
• Session 2a - Clinical leadership (PDF)
• Session 2b - QIPP Delivering the opportunities (PDF)
• Session 2c - AQuA, Transition Alliance and The Dementia Commissioning Toolkit (PDF)
• Session 2d(1) - Partnerships and effective engagement (PDF)
• Session 2d(2) - Partnerships and effective engagement (PDF)
Further information and related documents can be found below.
• LCFT Stakeholder letter 28.07.2011 (PDF)
• News Release 13.06.2011 (PDF) | Stakeholder Letter 13.06.2011 (PDF)
• Stakeholder Letter 11.05.2011 (PDF)
• PCT Report May 2011 (PDF)
• Feedback online survey 02.03.2011 (PDF)
• News Release 17.02.2011 (PDF)
• News Release 08.11.2010 (PDF)
• News Release 07.10.2010 (PDF)
• NCAT Report 07.09.2010 (PDF)
A series of public meetings were held during October 2010 to discuss the current review of the original mental health inpatient proposals. Please find below the notes and presentation slides for each meeting which took place as well as the report giving the findings of this engagement process.
FEEDBACK: ONLINE SURVEY
MENTAL HEALTH AND DEMENTIA SERVICES IN LANCASHIRE
An e-survey was carried out from 2nd March to 3rd April 2011 seeking the views of service users, carers, groups, networks and interested members of the public as part of the current review helping to shape the future of mental health and dementia services in Lancashire.
The results or this e-survey will form part of the review process for the Lancashire mental health inpatient service reconfiguration being undertaking by Lancashire NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs).
The Partnership Team would be happy to meet with local service user/carer groups to discuss the current review. Please contact the Partnership Team on 01254 282229 if you would like to invite a member of our team to join one of your local group/forum future meetings.
• Mental Health Review - Engagement Report - Nov 2010 (PDF)
• Meeting Notes - Preston 18.10.10 (PDF) | Spotlight - Preston 18.10.10 (Power Point)
• Meeting Notes - Blackpool 19.10.10 (PDF) | Spotlight - Blackpool 19.10.10 (Power Point)
• Meeting Notes - Accrington 20.10.10 (PDF) | Spotlight - Accrington 20.10.10 (Power Point)
• Meeting Notes - Lancaster 21.10.10 (PDF) | Spotlight - Lancaster 21.10.10 (Power Point)
• Meeting Notes - Skelmersdale 27.10.10 (PDF) | Spotlight - Skelmersdale 27.10.10 (Power Point)
• Meeting Notes - Blackburn with Darwen 28.10.10 (PDF) | Spotlight - Blackburn with Darwen 28.10.10 (Power Point)
For media queries about this Lancashire-wide review, please contact:
David Rogers on 07801 317120 or email: david.rogers@eastlancspct.nhs.uk
For all other enquiries please contact: The Partnership Team on 01254 282229 or email lancashirementalhealth@bwd.nhs.uk
1) LPB Statement of Intent - 2005 (PDF)
2) Public Consultation 2006 - Full Document (PDF)
3) Public Consultation 2006 - Summary Document (PDF)
4) Salford University Analysis and Evaluation of Findings - Sept 2006 (PDF)
5) Lancashire Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee – Minutes – 14.11.06 (PDF)
6) LCfT Consultation Precis - Governor Briefing 2010 (PDF)