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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust provides community health services in Bexley and Greenwich, and mental health and learning disability services in Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. We also provide forensic psychiatry and challenging behaviour services for the boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham, and deliver services to nine prisons in Kent.
GP section on Oxleas' website
GPs now have easy access to comprehensive referral and contact information on all Oxleas' services. This includes:
- contact numbers for GPs to use
- service opening times
- referral criteria
- up to date referral forms
Please check out the new section: www.oxleas.nhs.uk/gps/
We welcome your feedback and would also like to know if you have any ideas for improving this.
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If you have any feedback, comments, suggestions or questions regarding Fusion or any Oxleas services, please email GPfeedback@oxleas.nhs.uk and we will either respond by email or arrange to visit your practice if you have a specific need.
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Bromley edition issue 2
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November 2012
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Greetings!
Welcome to the second edition of Fusion - which aims to keep Bromley GPs up to date with what's happening in local health services provided by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
If you have any ideas or specific information you want included in future issues, please let us know. Feedback on the services Oxleas provide is always welcome.
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TSA draft recommendations
The Trust Special Administrator (TSA) at South London Healthcare NHS Trust (SLHT) has announced his draft recommendations for future health provision across south east London.
These do impact upon our mental health services in Bromley. In order to promote safe and financially sustainable services at Princess Royal University Hospital, the TSA has recommended that the whole site is used for acute hospital provision. It has therefore recommended that we explore the option of Green Parks House (GPH), our mental health unit, being relocated to a new facility at Queen Mary's, Sidcup. Whilst these draft recommendations are being considered, we will remain 100% committed to delivering the best quality care at GPH, as patients will expect nothing less. These proposals do not impact on community mental health services in Bromley; these will remain in Bromley and we would seek to strengthen them. The earliest the recommendations could be implemented is 2015/16 and we will involve you in the planning process.
We are very pleased that the TSA has recommended that we acquire Queen Mary's Hospital (QMS) site. This is in line with a vision we have been developing with local commissioners and politicians to develop a health campus on this site. All of the services we currently provide at Queen Mary's are part of this vision and are not directly affected by this recommendation. It does mean, however, that we can develop plans with commissioners to provide further services on this site, including a hub for integrated care for older people. The full recommendations are available online at www.tsa.nhs.uk.
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GP Masterclass - what you thought
Our GP Masterclass on 'End of Life Care and Mental Health Capacity Assessment' held on 3 October has proved a hit with practitioners.
Some of the general comments from GPs who attended the evening included: "Concise, relevant and significant topics" and "Excellent presentations - useful in managing dementia and terminally ill cancer patients." Click here for copies of the presentations.
Our 2013 GP Masterclasses are now being planned. The first on 9 January 2013 will focus on diabetes. Khalida Ismail, Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London will present on Depression in Diabetes. Other dates in 2013 are: 17 April, 10 July and 16 October - further details will be published on our website www.oxleas.nhs.uk.
All events will take place at the Royal Blackheath Golf Club, Court Road, Eltham and will open at 6.30pm for refreshments. To book a place please contact Rhiannon Adams by email or call 01322 625034.
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Future developments in Bromley CAMHS
Health professionals will soon be able to call a dedicated number at Bromley CAMHS to discuss cases and referral options with senior Oxleas clinical staff. In the interim, please contact the Operational Manager, Nathalie Harris on 020 8315 1838.
We are also in the early stages of working with Maudsley Hospital to identify Children with Unusual Experiences (CUES) as an early marker for mental illness in adolescence and adulthood.
If you would like to discuss these developments or any of Bromley CAMHS services, please contact either Sonia Appleby (020 8315 1820) or Mick Russell (020 8315 4431).
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GP survey - thank you for taking part
Thanks to all GPs that took part in our recent GP survey. We expect to have results of the survey in December and will communicate the results with you then.
A few years ago, we carried out a survey of 150 local GPs to gather your views on how our services should develop. We found this information extremely useful and made several changes as a result including: providing patient lists to practices; establishing a programme of masterclasses and working to improve communication between our clinicians and GPs.
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Mental Health Liaison Team at the PRUH
 | | The Mental Health Liaison Team and guests at the launch of the new service |
A new Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT) has officially started work in Bromley on Monday 15 October.
The nine-strong team is providing a mental health liaison service to A&E at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) at Farnborough.
The team comprises of: a team manager; six qualified registered mental health nurses; one part time senior clinical psychologist; one part time qualified occupational therapist; one staff grade psychiatrist; a team administrator and two consultant psychiatrists. The experienced mental health professionals will provide advice and information to people with mental health problems who receive medical treatment at A&E or other wards at PRUH.
If you have any questions please contact the team by calling 01689 880000 or email bridget.mhako@oxleas.nhs.uk.
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New directorate structure
Oxleas now has a new directorate structure.
The new directorates are:
Adult Community Services (covering Bexley and Greenwich boroughs)
Children and Young People's Services *
Complex Adult Mental Health and Learning Disability Services
Adult Acute Mental Health
Older People's Mental Health Services
Forensic and Prison Services
* Our new Children and Young People's Services directorate brings together our Children and Young People's Community Services in Bexley and Greenwich and our CAMHS services across all three boroughs.
Read more about the directorate structure here.
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Connecting with service users and carers
 | | Angus Gartshore, right, with members of ResearchNet |
An exciting new initiative that aims to improve the services that patients receive from Oxleas is now well underway.
Led by Service Manager Angus Gartshore, Care, Compassion and Engagement aims to improve the services that patients receive by ensuring that the staff who deliver them are fully responsive to patients' needs.
This innovative approach allows patients and staff to work together to design services and/or care pathways. Patients are filmed talking about their experience of the services they receive. The film is then played back to focus groups consisting of staff from a range of professional backgrounds. Bromley based members of ResearchNet, a service user and carer research group, made the film which was piloted on Betts Ward, Green Parks House, in the summer. They also collaborated with staff in the subsequent re-design of services. Betts Ward is a triage ward for Bromley residents aged 18-65 with mental health problems. Angus says this was the first time the approach has ever been used in a mental health setting.
Other key areas to be looked at are engagement with service users and carers and complaints management. Angus says that discussions with ResearchNet have already yielded valuable insights: "They tell us that the first 24 hours of a person's admission to an inpatient ward is the most important to get right, as they are in crisis and this is their first impression of us."
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