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London Mental Health ­ Fact Bbook

The London Mental 38 Health Fact Book Key statistics about the Trust Latest research undertaken by the Trust Violence reduction projects linked to the Trust’s quality improvement programme within mental health inpatient wards have now combined to develop the Tower Hamlets Violence Reduction Collaborative. Forensic services have a strong track record of involving patients in all aspects of care and recovery. The Millfields Unit at the John Howard Centre has full accreditation as a Therapeutic Community. The Millfields Unit is part of the Trust’s forensic mental health service and supports patients with a diagnosis of severe personality disorder. Millfields is the only forensic NHS service in the UK to be accredited. Court Liaison and Diversion Service – the Trust is part of the north east London pilot commissioned by NHS England. The Trust operates from 64 community and inpatient sites, has over 735 general and specialist inpatient beds, employs 3,800 permanent staff and has an annual income of £259m. There are approximately 30,000 patients cared for each year. The Trust was named one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work in Health by the HSJ in 2015 and the Top Mental Health and Learning Disability Trust. It was also named Trust of the Year at the 2015 HSJ Patient Safety Awards. It has a Monitor Continuity of Services Rating of 4 and a green Governance rating. Trust Chair Marie Gabriel is part of the NHS WRES advisory group focused on race equality in the NHS workforce. In 2012, the Trust’s Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry was designated a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre. The Unit is the only WHO Collaborating Centre specifically for ‘mental health services development’ in the world. It is one of a small network of selected centres that are involved in writing the European Mental Health Action Plan. The Unit is supported both by the Trust and Queen Mary, University of London. It is based at the Trust’s Newham Centre for Mental Health. Four successful groups spearhead research at East London NHS Foundation Trust: Management of Long-Term Conditions, led by Dr Kathleen Mulligan Mental Health Nursing, led by Prof. Alan Simpson Social and Community Psychiatry, led by Prof. Stefan Priebe and Violence Prevention, led by Prof. Jeremy Coid. Since 2007, these groups have been awarded more than £15m in competitive research funding from the Department of Health, European Union, Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, and the Wellcome Trust. The Trust is part of the Noclor Research Partnership.


London Mental Health ­ Fact Bbook
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