We are working to develop a model of care that provides access to physical health services for all service users/patients who need an inpatient stay in any of our mental health, addiction or learning disability and autism services regardless of where they are provided. Our model, once developed and implemented, will ensure a consistent, person-centered approach to delivering improved health outcomes for in-patients across Mersey Care. This includes mapping and establishing pathways for inpatients in each place to enable timely access and support around their physical health needs.

A full analysis has been completed of all the templates we ask staff to complete when a service user is admitted into one our inpatient beds as well as the questions our staff ask of service users.  This work will be finalised in November and aims to reduce the number of questions asked as part of the assessment process and questions asked of our service users by 50%. Our findings will be shared with staff in December.

We are now developing the mechanisms to support effective piloting of our new standardised inpatient model/pathway in two older adult wards.  The pilot phase will run from January to the end of March 2025.  Communication sessions with inpatient staff will be held in November presented by Donna Robinson, Director of Operations (Acting) and Director of Mental Health Services and Jenny Hurst, (Acting) Chief Nurse, they will provide an overview to the work undertaken to date and next steps.  Dates for the sessions will be circulated.

  • Undertaken a baseline analysis of all the templates we ask our staff to complete when a service user is admitted into one of our inpatient beds as well as the questions our staff ask of service users
  • Developed a draft standardised inpatient model/pathway which can be used for all our inpatient units – mental health, learning disabilities, addictions and secure care.