Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services in Sandwell and Wolverhampton, specialist health services for people with learning disabilities in Dudley, Walsall, Sandwell and Wolverhampton and community healthcare services in Dudley.[1]

Bob Piper has been Chairman of the Trust since 2004. It became a Foundation Trust in 2009.

The Trust was give £89,000 from the Nursing Technology Fund in March 2014 which is to be spent spent on mobile devices.[2]

The trust, together with Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust has set up a Liaison and Diversion service. The intention is that "when someone in a police station, or involved in court proceedings, has a mental health problem or other vulnerabilities, they are referred to the right services and are given support and guidance based on their needs." [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Black Country Partnership NHSTF". Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Black Country nurses to get iPads with £89,000 fund". Express and Star. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Extra mental health staff for police stations and courts in £800k investment". Express and Star. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
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