Bringing together the mental health organisations in the South of England to form a Quality and Patient Safety Improvement Collaborative.
About The Collaborative
The Collaborative is funded and supported by the five Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) in the South of England.
In partnership with the five AHSNs, the Collaborative is led and delivered by a faculty of committed professionals. Membership to the Collaborative made up from the 16 Mental Health Trusts in the South of England.
Who we are
The Faculty is made up of a number of professionals, including representatives from our five AHSN’s from across the South of England. The faculty members have a wide range of experience, success and knowledge in improving quality in mental health, and they are committed to the collaborative approach and the spirit of “all teach, all learn”. See our current faculty members using the link below:
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Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Helping people to live their lives well is what we pride ourselves on. Our high quality treatment, support and care focus on the specific health and social care needs of each person to improve their mental and physical wellbeing.
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Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Our aim is to provide you with the care and support you need for all the health conditions we treat. We will involve you and your family or carers, if appropriate, in all decisions about your care and ensure you have a record of what is agreed.
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Livewell Southwest
Livewell Southwest is an independent social enterprise and community interest company (CIC) providing integrated health and social care services for people in Plymouth, South Hams and West Devon as well as some specialist services for those living in Devon and Cornwall.
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Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust
In Medway, we work closely with the local unitary authority to provide joined-up health and social care services.
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Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust provides integrated community health and mental health, specialist learning disability services, community brain injury, community dental services including community hospitals and prison healthcare.
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Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Devon Partnership NHS Trust was established in 2001. We are an NHS organisation that works closely with other health and social care providers across Devon to support the recovery of people with mental health needs.
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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of mental health and physical health services to children and adults across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We are delighted to of been a member of the collaborative since 2011.
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Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust
We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make the difference.
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Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust
Our aim is to enable and empower people to reach their potential and to live fulfilling lives through providing recovery and reablement focused services that yield positive outcomes for our service users and their carers.
What we do
The Collaborative empowers people with lived experience and healthcare staff to work together to identify and develop solutions to local problems. These will then be implemented and tested within local healthcare organisations before being shared nationally with other collaboratives.
The Collaborative supports individuals, teams and organisations to build skills and knowledge about quality and safety improvement, creates space and time to work on safety issues, and provides opportunities to continually learn from each other.
Sixteen NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Trusts and a number of private sector care providers from across the South of England make up the membership of the Collaborative. The Collaborative was established by the West of England and South West AHSNs, and is hosted by the West of England.