Review of 2012 - Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation ...

Surrey and Borders Partnership in 2012
Spring
Partnership Success in Hounslow
Surrey and Borders wins the contract to provide
drug and alcohol services in the borough of
Hounslow, in partnership with leading charity
Cranstoun. Launched on 1 April 2012 as the
iHEAR Partnership, the service offers
community, prison in-reach and criminal justice
drug and alcohol services under a single
contract with a targeted outreach programme.
Champion Staff Recognised
Nurses, support workers, volunteers and the IT
Team are among dedicated individuals and
teams who pick up well deserved awards at our
staff recognition awards scheme ceremony.
Lynn Ramnanansingh (left)
Employee of the Year
Rehabilitation Service Enhancements
An integrated mental health rehabilitation
service opens in Reigate. Margaret Laurie
House, a 12-bedded unit for adults recovering
from mental ill-health, focuses on providing
structured rehabilitation and recovery to
support people to go on to live more
independently in the community.
Steps Towards New Hospital
Adult mental health inpatient wards and the
Home Treatment Team based at Farnham Road
Hospital in Guildford move temporarily to St
Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey to make way for the
hospital’s redevelopment. The Noel Lavin Unit is
due to be demolished in 2013 and replaced
with the Trust’s first purpose-built adult mental
health wards.
Learning Disability Programme Closes
A 10-year programme to transfer over 70 NHS
learning disability homes and day centres to
independent or voluntary providers successfully
concludes. The move ensures people receive
more personalised care and support.
Boost for Older Adult Services
Enhanced older adult community mental health
services are introduced across Surrey and North
East Hampshire to give personalised support to
families and those with dementia and
functional illnesses such as depression.
Electronic Risk Logging
New Datix software is installed to enable all
staff to log incidents and risks electronically
streamlining notifications and reporting.

Summer
Hello to Specialist Commissioning
For the first time in the Trust’s history we take
on a commissioning role, providing specialist
mental health commissioning for Surrey. This
allows us to consider the full range of mental
health services needed for the local population.
Protecting Young Carers
Fiona Edwards, Chief Executive, signs a Young
Carers Protocol with Surrey County Council to
help identify youngsters under the age of 18
who care for a friend or relative so we can
ensure they are given the right support.
Speaking Out
As part of a series of mental health awareness
podcasts developed with Eagle Radio, staff and
people who use services talk about how health
psychology services can help individuals
manage well with chronic pain.
Enabling Independence Launch
The Enabling Independence Service launches to
provide people who use adult community
mental health services with one to one,
recovery focused support. The partnership
service provided through Surrey County Council
enhances the county-wide introduction of
personal budgets at the start of the year so
people can choose the type of support that will
help them best.
Prison Workers Rewarded
Prison in-reach mental health team members
celebrate their well earned title of External
Provider of the Year in HMP Coldingley’s annual
awards - for the second year running.
Fiona Edwards and Nick Wilson from Surrey
County Council sign agreement
Mind the Hunger Gap
Surrey and Borders Partnership signs up to the
Mind the Hunger Gap campaign from the British
Dietetic Association to help stamp out
malnutrition for dementia sufferers. Staff are
trained to undertake nutritional screening as
part of health care assessments.
Joined-up Care Goes Virtual
Our partnership of the Virtual Ward programme
is realised through mental health practitioners
joining community healthcare and acute
hospital professionals to provide care at home
to people with complex needs. The service
supports people with long term conditions to
improve their wellbeing and reduce hospital
admissions.
l-r Laura Stone, Sakina Holland,
Dr Kunle Oladini and Annie Stanley

Autumn
Olympic Fever Grips the Trust
Roger Black passes through
Godalming
Planning Granted for New Unit
Tandridge District Council approve our planning
application to develop a state of the art
assessment and treatment centre for people
with learning disabilities in East Surrey. Work on
the seven-bedded unit will commence in
January 2013. This will include an internal
courtyard garden, as illustrated below.
Everyone gets into the spirit of the Olympic and
Paralympic Games from receiving the Olympic
Torch bearers, hosting our own Olympic Fun
Day and visiting the Games with people who
use services through to completing a mosaic at
Guildford cathedral and volunteering at the
opening ceremony. We even had our own
challenge to beat the Olympic Torch on its
8,000 mile journey around the UK by
collectively completing 8,000 miles of running,
swimming, walking and rowing – and we did it!
Learning Disability Nurses for GPs
Four nurses specialising in learning disabilities
are recruited from new funding to help Surrey
GPs identify people who have a learning
disability and provide them with additional
support. The service will ensure people with a
learning disability get the help they need to
improve wellbeing.
Walkers Raise Awareness & Funds
Over 120 people converge on Priory Park in
Reigate as part of the Trust’s Get Moving
campaign to raise awareness of how being
more active can have a positive effect on
mental health. The event also raises money for
sports equipment and activity to improve the
wellbeing of people with mental illness and
learning disabilities and this year has enabled
£4k in grants to go to Trust teams.
Green Light from CQC Inspections
The Care Quality Commission declares another
three of our residential learning disability
services fully compliant with essential standards
of quality and safety following unannounced
visits. Inspectors visiting The Shieling in Epsom
found “The health and safety of people is
constantly promoted, reviewed and audited”.

Winter
25 Years of Respite
Kingscroft respite care home in Staines
celebrates its 25 th anniversary of providing a
home from home for people with learning
disabilities. Over 300 people have stayed at the
home since it opened, giving families a break
from full-time caring in some instances.
Kingscroft Senior Support Worker
Annie Ryan
‘Excellent’ Says Royal College
Mental health inpatient services in Epsom are
rated excellent by the Royal College of
Psychiatrists under the Accreditation for
Inpatient Mental Health Services (AIMS)
scheme, scoring well on all 142 standards
measured.
Memory services for West Elmbridge and
Runnymede, providing assessment and
treatment for people with dementia, are rated
excellent under the Memory Services
Accreditation Programme also run by the Royal
College of Psychiatrists.
Leading the Way in Nurse Prescribing
The Trust’s nurse consultant for substance
misuse services, Mike Flanagan, organises a
national substance misuse non-medical
prescribing forum conference for 200 delegates
as part of his work as the forum chair.
Integrated Working Agreement
Fiona Edwards signs an agreement with Surrey
County Council – this time with Michael
Gosling, Cabinet Lead for Social Care and Health
– to firm up arrangements for social workers to
work alongside mental health staff within our
community teams. People who use services
benefit from receiving health and social care
from professionals in integrated teams.
Young People’s Service Develops App
People who use services and staff from the
Early Intervention in Psychosis Service launch a
smart phone app following almost a year of
development. The self help tool allows people
to record their medication and rate their mood
to improve wellbeing.
IAPT Services Tender Award
We are awarded qualified provider status for
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
Services across Surrey in partnership with Priory
Group. Staff are being recruited and trained
ready for the service launch in April 2013.
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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