Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust was an NHS trust set up in October 2008. It provides mental health services across Dudley and Walsall, West Midlands, England. It runs Dorothy Pattison Hospital and Bloxwich Hospital in Walsall, and Bushey Fields Hospital in Dudley.
The trust merged with Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on 1 April 2020 to form Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
History[edit]
In December 2013, it was announced that the Trust would be among the first to trial the Care Quality Commission’s planned approach to inspecting mental health services because Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority wanted assurance on the quality of the services they provide before progressing their Foundation Trust applications.[1]
The Trust, together with Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, has set up a Liaison and Diversion service. The intention is that, "When someone in a police station, or involved in court proceedings, has a mental health problem or other vulnerabilities, they are referred to the right services and are given support and guidance based on their needs."[2]
It merged with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in October 2017. The new organisation will have an annual turnover of around £440 million – making it the third biggest mental health trust in England.[3] Most of the staff and services at will be transferred to Birmingham Community Healthcare. The remainder will become an integrated care provider which is expected to have a 15 year contract with Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group for community physical and mental health services, primary care, and some public health services.[4]
Performance[edit]
In 2016 the Care Quality Commission rated the trust as requiring improvement, but after a further inspection it was rated good in 2017.[5]
It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time it had 948 full-time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 5.4 per cent. 62 per cent of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 54 per cent recommended it as a place to work.[6]
Services[edit]
Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust offers numerous services including:
- Community mental health services for children, adults and older people
- Inpatient services for adults and older people
- Primary care mental health services
- Mental health social care services (via local authority partnerships)
- Psychological therapies
- Substance misuse services
- Employment, education and training support for people with mental health problems
- Specialist deaf services children and adolescents
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mental health inspection blueprint unveiled". Local Government Chronicle. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ "Extra mental health staff for police stations and courts in £800k investment". Express and Star. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ "Three trusts set to merge by October". Health Service Journal. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Director roles advertised for England's first 'integrated care provider'". Health Service Journal. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "CQC inspectors praise "significant improvements" as Dudley Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust rated 'good'". Dudley News. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "HSJ reveals the best places to work in 2015". Health Service Journal. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.