The Isle of Wight’s Community, Mental Health and Learning Disability services have transferred to Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust today (Wednesday), having received the approval of NHS England and the 2 local Trust boards. It follows the transfer earlier this year of a number of staff from Sussex Partnership, which provides Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Hampshire, into Southern Health. Today’s transfer is an important milestone in the creation of a new specialist trust for the region, as part of Project Fusion. The project will ultimately bring the services from Solent NHS Trust, Southern Health and the community, mental health and learning disability services of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust into a single, new organisation – called Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The new Trust, which will come into being in July, will help create fairer access, a better experience and consistent outcomes for people across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and help with the recruitment and retention of staff and the sustainability of local services. James Seward, Director of Operations for Mental Health and Learning Disability Services, said:
“While this next step is an exciting part of bringing this to all to fruition, from Wednesday 1 May the only noticeable change for our patients and service users will be the temporary rebranding of appointment letters to Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and the transfer of online service information onto Southern Health’s website. We will also be adopting Southern Health’s procedures for handling feedback and complaints, although this will still be managed locally by our clinicians working with our new patient experience team. “We have written to all our patients and service users to explain this and to reassure them that services will continue to be delivered by the same teams, in the same locations on the Island.”
The third and final phase of creating the new Trust will, subject to regulatory approvals, take place on Monday 1st July when Solent NHS Trust and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust (including the Island’s services) come together, and the new Trust is then created.
Let’s hope that this collaboration will improve mental health services for island residents and that sensible management will be running it
With the P O X Y unreliable Ferry Services
getting off the island is enough to affect persons
Mental Health
Ha ha it won’t, more money going back over the water along with more services.
Lots of nice new very expensive software that doesn’t work and even more spent on new buildings and facilities that aren’t fit for purpose.
Just wait for the new Hub to open in Newport (old HMV), you’ll see.
Another nail in the NHS coffin and more wasted tax payers money.
Build an asylum, then see the rapid ‘drop’ in claims if people had to spend a month in one being tested for their issues.
Genuine cases would benefit, and the ‘new backache’ spongers would soon be gone.
Another layer of useless pen pushers
Now now. You can’t have too many pen pushers. Where else are all the oveners and refugees going to work ??
Aha! It’s the oveners and refugees who do the work, then.. I did wonder…
You troll stop using my name I’m got the stupid name
Stupid old man go away
Mainland patients will get priority. The travel times for the nurses coming to the island will eat into the time they will have to visit. As a result they will prefer to go see patients closer to base. Every single time a service is moved to the mainland the island suffers. Every time!
So when your loved one ends their life after not getting the help they need, make sure you thank the Tories for decimating the islands services.
This is bad news for those needing help on the island, everything the conservatives do is designed to hurt those in need. Dreadful.
Well….its a Bridge I’m afraid that’s the answer.
All you that don’t want it will pay the price if your not already.
Wow that will play havoc with the “I have anxiety” brigade, I don’t mean the real people with mental illness, I mean those that are faking it to get free hand outs. Funny how most of the “fakes” smoke, drink, take drugs and have tattoos all over them. All paid for from our taxes and fishy rishys free hand outs.