Devon Partnership NHS Trust
| Type of Trust | |
|---|---|
| Mental Health trust | |
| Location | |
| Trust Details | |
| Last annual budget | £140 million |
| Employees | 2000 |
| Chair | Julie Dent CBE |
| Chief Executive | Melanie Walker |
| Links | |
| Website | Devon Partnership |
| Wiki-Links | National Health Service |
Devon Partnership NHS Trust was established in 2001. It runs mental health and learning disabilities services in Devon, England.
In November 2013 it was accused by the RSPB of “willful destruction” of farmland near Exminster which is home to a nationally important population of cirl buntings alleging that a deliberate decision was taken to sacrifice the wildlife value of the site as part of a determination to make it easier to gain planning permission for development.[1]
In December 2013 it was announced that the Trust would be among the first to trial the Care Quality Commission’s planned approach to inspecting mental health services because Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority wanted assurance on the quality of the services they provide before progressing their Foundation Trust applications.[2]
In December 2014 Paul Netherton, assistant chief constable of Devon and Cornwall Police, complained publicly after a 16-year-old girl suffering mental health issues was held in a custody cell in Devon for around 48 hours because there were “no beds available in the UK”. 750 mentally ill people – including 28 children – have been detained in police custody in the county during 2014. Adolescents with mental health problems in Devon have been sent to units in Hull, Newcastle and Lancashire, and several vulnerable young people in the county have also been admitted to adult psychiatric units.[3]
A warning notice was issued to the Trust after a Care Quality Commission inspection in 2014 found that patients on the admission ward for adults of working age at Wonford Hospital were still not consistently involved in the preparation of their care plans and did not have regular access to their named nurses and that people, mainly in the Exeter area, who might need to be detained under the Mental Health Act were having to wait a long time to be assessed by an approved doctor.[4]
References
- ↑ "NHS accused of destroying cirl bunting site". Western Morning News. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Mental health inspection blueprint unveiled". Local Government Chronicle. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ↑ "Government to end scandal of mentally ill teens being held in police cells". Western Morning News. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "Warning issued to Devon Partnership NHS Trust after failure to complete improvements". Express and Echo. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
See also
Devon County Lunatic Asylum at Exminster Devon Partnership NHS Trust