Camden Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) sought views on how to best organise acute mental health day care services in Camden, to make cost savings while continuing to provide good patient care. We currently commission Camden & Islington Foundation Trust to run two Mental Health Acute Day Units; one at the Jules Thorn unit on the St Pancras Hospital site and one at the Daleham Gardens unit in Belsize Park.
We proposed the changes because the services are currently underused and because the proposed change would not result in any patient being refused appropriate treatment. For current patients, nothing will change. No patient will have their course of treatment disrupted by changing locations. And no-one, now or in the future, will be refused an appropriate service because of this change.
The public consultation ran from 6 November 2017 to 10 January 2018 and we sought to consult on our proposal to reduce the number of Mental Health Acute Day Units from two to one and to strengthen acute care at the remaining unit. In addition, we will support more people to access Highgate Day Centre to provide care for residents with less severe mental health needs.
There was a wide response to the consultation and this has helped us to both test and strengthen our proposals. We thank everyone that took part.
It was clear from the response to our consultation that the balance of opinion felt that the Jules Thorn was the preferred acute day unit to remain open for a number of reasons summarised in the analysis of consultation results published today. This supports a CCG decision to proceed with this option which we intend to implement from 30 April 2018.
Our report outlines the 12 actions we will take to strengthen the change. These are:
We intend that these changes will make the remaining services more sustainable in the future and ensure that mental health care is delivered at the right time and in the most appropriate setting.
We would like your views on how to best organise acute mental health day care services in Camden, to make cost savings while continuing to provide good patient care. We have sought patients’ views on what they value from the current service and how best can we support them through any changes. The views of service users and the public will be factored into any decision made and help shape any support put in place.
The proposed changes would not result in any patient being refused appropriate treatment. For current patients, nothing will change until 1 April 2018. No patient will have their course of treatment disrupted by changing locations. And no-one, now or in the future, will be refused an appropriate service because of this change.
Our proposal is to reduce the number of mental health acute day units from two to one and to strengthen acute care at the remaining unit. We are making these proposals because the services are currently underused. In addition, we will support more people to access Highgate Day Centre to provide care for residents with less severe mental health needs.
This proposal is about making better use of the resources we have as we can’t justify running services that are running significantly under capacity. We intend that these changes will make the remaining services more sustainable in the future and ensure that mental health care is delivered at the right time and in the most appropriate setting.
You can take part in the consultation by responding to the survey or:
- Attending a further public consultation event on Thursday 4th January from 14:00 to 17:00 at Queen’s Crescent Community Centre, 45 Ashdown Crescent, London, NW5 4QE. This event will follow a similar format to the previous public events and is particularly aimed at people that have wanted to take part, but haven’t been able to so far.
- We have also attended the Camden Borough User Group (CBUG) on 19th December from 11:00 – 13:00. For more information please contact camdenuserinvolvement@voiceability.org
A document with our responses to frequently asked questions is available at the bottom of this page alongside the full consultation document.
We are reaching out to service users, professionals and members of the public to obtain views on how the services are currently delivered and discuss issues that people may have about future delivery of services.
Residents and interested parties will be able to provide feedback to Camden CCG via a number of ways including:
More information about the event Public meeting
A further public consultation event will be held on Thursday 4 January 2018, 2pm to 5pm at Queen’s Crescent Community Centre, 45 Ashdown Crescent, London, NW5 4QE. The event will offer the opportunity to speak to commissioners about the proposals.
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