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Mental Health Trust
A mental health trust provides health and social care services for people with mental health disorders in England. There are 54 mental health trusts. They are commissioned and funded by clinical commissioning groups. Patients usually access the services of mental health trusts through their GP (primary care medical doctor) or via a stay in hospital. Most of the services are for people who live in the region, although there may be specialist services for the whole of the UK or services that accept national referrals. Mental Health Trusts may or may not provide inpatient psychiatric hospital services themselves (they may form part of a general hospital run by a hospital trust). The various trusts work together and with local authorities and voluntary organisations to provide care. Services Services provided by mental health trusts vary but typically include: * Counselling sessions - one-to-one or in a group * Courses - such as on how to deal with stress, anger, and bereaveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) is an NHS mental health trust providing adult mental health and related services in Wiltshire and the former county of Avon, an area centred on Bristol. Trust services The trust is headquartered in Bath, and offers services at a large number of sites including at Blackberry Hill Hospital, Callington Road Hospital, Green Lane Hospital, Petherton Day Hospital, Royal United Hospital, St Martin's Hospital, Savernake Hospital, Southmead Hospital, Weston General Hospital and Fountain Way in Salisbury. The trust provided services to a population of 1.6 million people in 2010. It is organised into five strategic business units: *Adult services *Older people's services *Specialist drug and alcohol services *Specialised and secure services *Research and development History Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust was established as the Bath Mental Health Care NHS Trust, on 1 November 1991. Its name was changed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |