Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust was formed in 2006 and took over community services from NHS Coventry in April 2011. It provides mental health and learning disability services for people in

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and

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, England. A Commissioning for Quality and Innovation scheme established by the Trust in 2011 showed less than 50% of the mental health budget was being spent on local services because many patients were being placed outside the area in expensive facilities. 400 out of area patients were identified. By March 2014, 134 had been returned to the area and the number being sent out of the area was reduced because more specialist beds were provided locally. During the three years of the project a total of £10.5m was saved. The project has now been expanded to include patients with dementia and learning difficulties. In December 2013 it was announced that the trust would be among the first to trial the

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’s planned approach to inspecting mental health services because

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and the

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wanted assurance on the quality of the services they provide before progressing their

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applications. A report to

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’s health and social care scrutiny board in January 2015 criticised mental health service for children and young people. Some were waiting up to a year for treatment in the face of rising demand, with a 20 per cent rise in referrals from 2013/4.

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* {{Authority control Health in Warwickshire Health in the West Midlands (county) NHS trusts

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