The London Mental 30 Health Fact Book About the Trust Summary of the main services provided by the Trust Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) provides high quality, safe and innovative care to patients in the community, in their homes or in hospital. The Trust is a member of University College London Partners (UCLP), one of the world’s leading academic health science partnerships. It provides services for adults of working age, adults with learning difficulties, and older people in the London area and delivers the majority of its care to residents in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington. However, it also provides substance misuse services in Westminster, and a substance misuse and psychological therapies service to people living in Kingston. It also provides specialist programmes which provide help and treatment for: veterans living in London; young people caught in the cycle of gang culture; and, older people suffering from dementia and other age related mental health conditions. Services are divided into five divisions: Acute Recovery and Rehabilitation Services for Ageing and Mental Health Substance Misuse Service Community Mental Health Acute The Acute Division provides high quality assessments and care to service users who are experiencing an episode of severe illness and require an intensive period of treatment. It provides safe, compassionate and competent care to people who are at their most vulnerable – and always seeks to provide care in the least restrictive setting, consistent with the individual’s care needs, and the risks associated with their illness. Recovery and Rehabilitation The Rehabilitation and Recovery Division provides high quality mental health care to people with psychotic illnesses. The division includes services across the range of inpatient and community rehabilitation, early intervention in psychosis, locality based community recovery teams and assertive outreach. It also provides day care services, intensive support teams and liaison with partners in the non-statutory supported housing sector. Services for Ageing and Mental Health Services for Ageing and Mental Health (SAMH) provide high quality, NICE compliant, specialist services to people with mental illness associated with ageing and also to people living with dementia. The services aim to deliver focused interventions with clear treatment outcomes which will optimise an individual’s functioning, promote independence and encourage service users and their carers to participate in shared decision making about their future. Substance Misuse Service The Substance Misuse Service provides high quality, NICE compliant, specialist community services to people with drug and alcohol problems. It aims to deliver focused interventions with clear treatment outcomes and to reduce or stop service users’ illicit drug or alcohol use, to improve their mental health and wellbeing, and enable them to achieve recovery.
London Mental Health Fact Bbook
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