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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Best: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will conduct an assessment of the level of consultation undertaken by the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust with its service users on the use of its day treatment centres; [214902] (2) if he will make a statement on the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust's (a) review and re-alignment of services and (b) its impact on service users; [214903] (3) what assessment he has made of (a) the crisis resolution service being introduced by the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust and (b) whether there are sufficient funds for its development without detriment to existing services; [214905] (4) what assessment he has made of the effect of the new crisis resolution service adopted by the Leeds Community and Mental Health Trust on over-capacity on acute wards. [214910] Miss Melanie Johnson: The consultation period on Leeds Mental Health Teaching National Health Service Trust's proposals for adult mental health service ran from November 2003 to until the end of March 2004 and included a one-day stakeholder event in March 2004. Following a Commission for Healthcare Inspection review, it was agreed that Leeds Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust would implement a crisis resolution and home treatment service (CRHT) in line with the national service framework for mental health. £1.4 million of funding has been made available to implement the crisis resolution service. CRHT has significantly reduced the admission rate and provided home treatment for service users. Between November 2003 and January 2004, the trust admitted 513 patients. During the same period in 2004-05, the trust has admitted 428 patients--a 17 per cent. reduction in patient admissions. The CRHT team sees 90 per cent. of patients referred to the service within four hours, seven days a week. The trust believes that the redesign of adult services will deliver positive benefits to service users and carers and that it will not be detrimental to existing services.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

431 c161-2W;431 c163-4W; 214902;214903;214905;214910

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Health services Finance Public participation Mental health services Out-patients Leeds Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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