Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides community health services to children and young people and

mental health Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior. It likewise determines how an individual handles stress, interpersonal relationships, and decision-making. Mental health ...

and

learning disability Learning disability, learning disorder, or learning difficulty (British English) is a condition in the brain that causes difficulties comprehending or processing information and can be caused by several different factors. Given the "difficult ...

services to people of all ages across

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

, England. It runs Longreach House in

Redruth Redruth ( , kw, Resrudh) is a town and civil parishes in Cornwall, civil parish in Cornwall, England. The population of Redruth was 14,018 at the 2011 census. In the same year the population of the Camborne-Redruth urban area, which also inc ...

, and

Bodmin Hospital Bodmin Hospital is a community hospital in Bodmin, Cornwall, England. It is managed by the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. History A new facility was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2000 to replace both ...

. In 2006, the

Commission for Social Care Inspection The Commission for Social Care Inspection was a non-departmental public body and the single, independent inspectorate for social care in England. Its sponsor department was the Department of Health of the United Kingdom government. It incorporat ...

and the

Healthcare Commission The Healthcare Commission was a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department of Health of the United Kingdom. It was set up to promote and drive improvement in the quality of health care and public health in England and Wales. It aimed ...

mounted a joint investigation into widespread institutional abuse of people with learning difficulties in the

Trust Trust often refers to: * Trust (social science), confidence in or dependence on a person or quality It may also refer to: Business and law * Trust law, a body of law under which one person holds property for the benefit of another * Trust (bus ...

. In August 2014, it was revealed that the Trust was considering a merger with

Peninsula Community Health Peninsula Community Health was a community interest company created in October 2011 as not-for-profit service provider by Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust. It ran 14 community hospitals in Cornwall: Bodmin Hospital, Camborne Redrut ...

and that the Chief Executive of

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS trust which runs West Cornwall Hospital, St Michael's Hospital, Royal Cornwall Hospital, and St Austell Hospital - Penrice Birthing Unit, in Cornwall, England. History The trust was established ...

was also interested in participating. In January 2018, the trust said it was owed £2.1m by

Cornwall Council Cornwall Council ( kw, Konsel Kernow) is the unitary authority for Cornwall in the United Kingdom, not including the Isles of Scilly, which has its own unitary council. The council, and its predecessor Cornwall County Council, has a tradition o ...

under the contract for adult community services which it took over in April 2016. It set up a new unit, Cove Ward at Longreach in

in March 2018 as a fast-track rehabilitation service, and to avoid patients being sent out of the area. Debbie Richards, the chief executive, announced in May 2022 that almost half of the community hospital beds were occupied by patients who have no medical need to be in hospital but could not be discharged because of the shortage of adult social care provision, especially specialist dementia placements, for which there was particularly low capacity in Cornwall.

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* {{Authority control NHS foundation trusts Health in Cornwall NHS mental health trusts

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