Local Mental Health Trust receives “excellent” report in annual health check
18/10/2007
The Healthcare Commission’s latest annual health check has rated the quality of services provided by Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as “excellent”, the highest rating possible.
The report published today (18 October) covers the 12 months up to 31st March 2007, before we became an NHS Foundation Trust. The report confirms that we have met all the Healthcare Commission’s core standards and each of the government’s national targets, including provision of crisis resolution services and a comprehensive child and adolescent mental health service.
New national targets that we have achieved include infection control, improving the quality of life and independence of vulnerable older people by supporting them to live in their own home, increasing the numbers of drug users in drug treatment programmes and improving quality of life by reducing health inequalities and adult smoking rates.
In summary the Healthcare Commission said “Based on our assessment, Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Trust provided an excellent quality of service to patients, having made significant improvements compared to the previous year. It managed its finances adequately and also made improvements”
The rating also takes into account the views of local people who use our services as expressed through the national patients’ survey. This report tells us that 77% of patients rated the services they received as excellent or very good.
On the financial front we were rated as ‘fair’ for use of resources, which is an improved rating on our 2005/06 score. The Healthcare Commission take the last two years into account, meaning that the overspend in the 2005/06 financial year has affected this year’s rating. Financial management, internal control and consideration of value for money were assessed as “good”. All financial targets were achieved in 2006/07. In July 2007 we were authorised by Monitor - the independent regulator – to become a Foundation Trust and were awarded a financial risk rating of 4 on a scale of 1 – 5, where 5 is the highest.
Shaun Clee, Chief Executive, said “This is fantastic news for staff, recognising the dedication, commitment and hard work that they have put in throughout the year. The rating reaffirms that Gloucestershire residents can be reassured that the mental health, substance misuse and learning disability services which they receive are considered among the best in the country. However we are not complacent and look forward to working with our staff and governors to make further improvements in 2007/08.
We would also like to thank our partner agencies in the voluntary and statutory
sector who work collaboratively with us to work towards providing seamless
services for people.
Further Information
- Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental
health, substance misuse and learning disability services for people of all
ages across Gloucestershire
- The annual health check rates NHS organisations from weak to excellent,
based on core standards, existing national targets, use of resources, new
national targets and reviews.
- For more information about the annual ratings visit the Healthcare
Commission website
- New national targets that we achieved include year on year reductions
in MRSA levels , improving the quality of life and independence of vulnerable
older people by increasing the proportion of older people being supported
to live in their own home by 2008, increasing the participation of problem
drug users in drug treatment programmes by 2008, and increase year on year
the proportion of users successfully sustaining or completing treatment programmes,
reducing health inequalities and adult smoking rates, secure sustained national
improvements in NHS patient experience by 2008, substantially reduce mortality
rates by 2010 from suicide and undetermined injury.
- In 2005/06 the Trust scored “fair” on quality of services
and “weak” on use of resources
- The Trust became an NHS foundation trust on 1st July 2007
For further information please contact Eileen Roberts, Communications Manager on 01452 891094 or 0797 9548488
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