Thank you to everyone who took part in #AVeryDifferentConversation. We’ve now reviewed the autumn 2020 survey results and have set plans in motion to make our shared vision a reality.
Below are the key milestone dates for the project. If you have any questions about the transformation of mental health services for east and west Suffolk, please get in touch.
Email: wsh-tr.mhprogrammeteam@nhs.net
Phone number: 0800 389 6819
Key milestones for 2021
January 2021
- Completion of Crisis Demand and Capacity Model (including final workforce and finance needs).
- Translation of the detailed Crisis pathways into a number of specifications which detail the how and when (including final demand and capacity modelling, workforce needs, financial costs, national must do’s, reporting metrics and key performance indicators).
- Assurance process completed for Crisis with NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) and any subcontracted parties.
- Crisis Assurance outcome to the NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG and NHS West Suffolk CCG Governing Bodies for approval and sign off
February 2021
- Crisis service variation signed
January to March 2021
- Engagement Feedback and Training Plan Development (Children, Young People and Families, Community, Crisis, and Learning Disabilities and Autism workstreams) and Primary Care Networks recruitment (Community). Reduced Programme Pace (COVID Pressure Response).
April 2021
- Process concluded to determine which Alliance partner(s) are best placed to take a lead on Children, Young People and Families, Community & Learning Disabilities and Autism work. This will be documented in a clear Heads of Terms per priority.
June 2021
- Final updates made to models and pathways (including completion of specialist pathways) based on feedback from Public Engagement, Workforce Engagement, Clinical Reference Group and Clinical Senate. (Children, Young People and Families, Community, Crisis, and Learning Disabilities and Autism workstreams).
- Each model and pathway to have a predicted demand / capacity, workforce and finance model guide developed and aligned. (Children, Young People and Families, Community, and Learning Disabilities and Autism workstreams).
- Translation of the Children, Young People and Families, Community, and Learning Disabilities and Autism detailed pathways into a number of specifications which detail the how and when (including final demand and capacity modelling, workforce needs, financial costs, national must do’s, reporting metrics and key performance indicators).
July 2021
An overarching narrative document completed overlaying the ‘conformance’ specifications that will tell the Alliances’ ‘story’ complete.
July and August 2021
Assurance commences for Children, Young People and Families, Learning Disabilities and Autism, and Community workstreams which will entail a number of half day sessions between the CCGs and Alliance providers to go through a number of Key Lines of Enquiry related to the proposed overall model and detailed pathways.
September 2021
- Assurance process completes (Panel Score and Recommendation) for Children, Young People and Families, Learning Disabilities and Autism, and Community workstreams
- Children, Young People and Families, Learning Disabilities and Autism, and Community new contracts / service variation signed and mobilisation commences which will take place at different times over the next coming years depending on the level of changes required.
