Our programme of change for mental health services started life as the ‘All Age Transformation Programme’ in 2017. It was the start of a journey to transform the care we deliver through our mental health services by co-designing improvements and priorities with service users, carers, staff and other key stakeholders.
We confirmed these priorities through our public consultation which was approved in December 2021. There followed a Decision Making Business Case and a Report of Findings. These documents have informed the final stages of the transformation of mental health services across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
From 2022 to 2024, we have continued to co-design these changes with staff, service users and lived experience patient partners, testing new approaches and structures along the way. This work has included:
- How we will build a one team approach to meet the needs of the local population
- Confirming what treatment we will provide: our clinical offer
- How we will work to make better and quicker decisions: Our consulter model
- Making it easier for patients to access our services: Our new front door
- The way we will develop care plans and therapeutic offers with service users and their families and carers.
The next phase in 2025/26 will be to fully integrate the areas listed above to create our cohesive, place-based integrated neighbourhood teams – that are bringing health, care, voluntary sector and local authority colleagues together to serve the needs of our local people.