6-552: Devon Partnership NHS Trust is a mental health trust established in 2001. It provides mental health and learning disability services in Devon (excluding Plymouth), England. In December 2016, the trust announced that it had applied for planning permission to build a brand new, £5.5 million psychiatric intensive-care unit (PICU) in Exeter: work on site stated in November 2017. The trust
12-629: A general hospital run by a hospital trust ). The various trusts work together and with local authorities and voluntary organisations to provide care. Services provided by mental health trusts vary but typically include: If more specialist hospital treatment is required, Mental Health Trusts will help with rehabilitation back into the community ( social inclusion ). Trusts may operate community mental health teams , which may include Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment , assertive outreach and early intervention services. The Mental Health Act 1983 , Mental Health Act 2007 and Mental Capacity Act 2005 cover
18-850: Is the body with overall national responsibility for inspecting and regulating the operation of the mental health act by the regional trusts. According to the British Medical Association the number of beds for psychiatric patients was reduced by 44% between 2001 and 2017. An average of 726 mental health patients were placed in institutions away from their home area in 2016. Children of school age are normally treated through Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), usually organised by local government area. Young people who become psychiatric in-patients frequently are treated in adult wards due to lack of beds in wards that are suitable for people of their ages. Young people frequently stay in hospital wards when they are fit for discharge because
24-511: The rights, assessment and treatment of people diagnosed with a mental disorder who are judged as requiring to be detained ("sectioned") or treated against their will. A mental health trust will typically have a Mental Health Act team responsible for ensuring that the Act is administered correctly, including to protect the rights of inpatients, or of service users in the community who may now be under community treatment orders . The Care Quality Commission
30-449: The services of mental health trusts through their GP (primary care medical doctor) or via a stay in hospital. Most of the services are for people who live in the region, although there may be specialist services for the whole of the UK or services that accept national referrals. Mental Health Trusts may or may not provide inpatient psychiatric hospital services themselves (they may form part of
36-654: Was last inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in June-July 2019: the report was published in October 2019 and its overall rating was 'Good'. Mental health trust A mental health trust provides health and social care services for people with mental health disorders in England . There are 54 mental health trusts. They are commissioned and funded by clinical commissioning groups . Patients usually access
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