Community Mental Health Transformation – North Staffordshire

“Through the programme’s partnership delivery, our collaborative approach will be to transform local mental health services to ensure they are fully inclusive, accessible and responsive to the needs of local people.

“This programme involves a wide range of key stakeholders throughout Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, and we look forward to our ongoing collaboration to drive this transformation forward for the benefit of the local population.”

The following partners are working together on the transformation of adult community mental health in North Staffordshire:

• North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
• VAST (on behalf of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector)
• NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups
• GPs
• Stoke-on-Trent County Council
• People with lived experience

Podcasts

The following podcasts have been produced providing more information on the transformation taking place in North Staffordshire. You can find individual links to the episodes below:

Community Mental Health Transformation Programme

In this podcast we talk to some of the key leads at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust – about what it means for our local communities and the people we serve.

The Key Areas and Developments of Combined Healthcare’s Involvement in the Community Mental Health Transformation Programme

In the second podcast on the programme, you can find out more about the developments in the Community Mental Health Transformation Programme from some of the key leads at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust and what the priority areas are at the Trust for this transformation work.

Community Mental Health Transformation Programme – Severe Mental Illness (SMI) Physical Healthchecks

This podcast explores the priority work of serious mental SMI physical healthchecks in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent as part of the programme, and speak to some of the key leads for this work.

Digital Transformation

Dave Hewitt, Chief Information Officer, Combined Healthcare and Martyn Perry, Associate Director for IM&T Transformation, MPFT, talk about the Digital Transformation work within the Community Mental Health Transformation Programme.

Population Health/Health Inequalities

The latest work around Population Health and Health Inequalities in the Community Mental Health Transformation Programme.

CASTT Team

Find out more about the work of the CASTT team, a pan-Trust service to those service users that are diagnosed with a personality disorder.

Co-production

In this podcast we find out about co-production, and what that actually means in the transformation programme.

Get in touch

If you have any queries regarding community mental health transformation in North Staffordshire, please email cmhtransformation@combined.nhs.uk

Further information

• Focus on CASTT Service with Combined Healthcare’s Lee Mason – https://www.combined.nhs.uk/focus-on-castt-with-lee-mason-community-mental-health-transformation-programme/
• Sarah Newton appointed as new Transformation Programme Senior Service Manager at Combined Healthcare – https://www.combined.nhs.uk/sarah-joins-combined-as-new-transformation-programme-senior-service-manager/
• Procurement Information for DPS Activity (North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent) – https://www.combined.nhs.uk/community-mental-health-transformation-programme-procurement-information-for-dps-activity-north-staffordshire-and-stoke-on-trent/
• Focus on SMI Checks with John Roberts – Transformation Programme Q&A https://www.combined.nhs.uk/focus-on-smi-checks-with-john-roberts-transformation-programme-qa/
• Service Users Co-Production Opportunity https://www.combined.nhs.uk/combinations-episode-37-out-now/ 
• Enhanced self-harm support and recovery service https://www.combined.nhs.uk/enhanced-self-harm-support-and-recovery-service/
• £900,000 grant scheme launched in Staffordshire to support adult mental health projects https://www.combined.nhs.uk/900000-grant-scheme-launched-in-staffordshire-to-support-adult-mental-health-projects/
• Citizens Advice Staffordshire North and Stoke-on-Trent appointed as financial wellbeing service provider https://www.combined.nhs.uk/citizens-advice-staffordshire-north-and-stoke-on-trent-appointed-as-financial-wellbeing-service-provider/
• Changes Health and Wellbeing appointed as peer recovery coach provider https://www.combined.nhs.uk/citizens-advice-staffordshire-north-and-stoke-on-trent-appointed-as-financial-wellbeing-service-provider/
• Combined Healthcare launches All Age Wellbeing Portal https://www.combined.nhs.uk/combined-healthcare-launches-all-age-wellbeing-portal/