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Class 6. Our Services

Class description: The range of services that we provide for the NHS and how we deliver these.

The Trust provides care to: people of all ages with mental health problems; people with learning disabilities and people who have developed problems with substance misuse. Working in partnership with users and carers and other agencies such as social services and housing is important to achieving good quality care.

Mission and Key Values

There was a public consultation exercise to gain approval for setting up the Trust. During the consultation people who use services, their families and carers, staff and others helped to shape the vision and the values of the Trust. The Trust's vision is to transform the experience of users and carers by:-

Focusing on the individual needs of the user
Improving responsiveness to carers
Integrating the delivery of health and social care
Bringing practical health improvements to the lives of users and carers
Valuing staff and investing in their development
Developing evidence based practice and a commitment to best value
Achieving national standards for treatment and care across the county
Engaging with the particular needs of communities
Promoting effective partnership working with users, carers and voluntary, independent and statutory agencies
Promoting social inclusion

The Trust's Services

The Trust organises its services into groups based on people's needs and age:

Child and adolescent mental health services
Specialist substance misuse services
Mental health and social care services to adults of working age
Mental health services to older people
Specialist health services for people with learning disabilities

For further information on the services provided by 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, please click here

Trust Sites

The Trust provides services from over 50 sites. We provide inpatient services at:-

Adults of Working Age

Wotton Lawn, Gloucester - 72 beds, adult acute mental health services
Montpellier Low Secure Unit, Gloucester - 12 beds
Charlton Lane, Cheltenham - 42 beds, adult acute mental health services
Honeybourne Unit, Cheltenham - 10 beds, Rehabilitation
The Vron, Gloucester - 6 beds, Rehabilitation
Laurel House, Gloucester - 12 beds, Rehabilitation

Substance Misuse

Sezincote ward, Charlton Lane, Cheltenham - 6 beds

Mental Health of Older People

Charlton Lane, Cheltenham - 32 beds
Holly House, Gloucester - 18 beds
Colliers Court, Cinderford - 125 beds
Weavers Croft, Stroud - 18 beds

Learning Disabilities

Hollybrook, Stroud - 8 beds
St Mary’s, Gloucester - 12 beds
Westridge, Standish - 8 beds
Windrush, Cheltenham - 11 beds

Trust's Business Plan and Objectives

The Trust maintains its practice of monitoring business plan progress on a quarterly basis. The broad service aims of the Trust over the next three years will be to build stronger partnerships with users, carers, primary care, other statutory and non statutory agencies, provide a greater range of focused community interventions and improve the therapeutic environment of its services.

The Business Plan objectives are monitored and reviewed by the Board on a quarterly basis. The Business Plan is based on the Local Development Plan.

Further information is available from the following:

Director of Business Development
2gether NHS Foundation Trust
Rikenel
Montpellier
Gloucester GL1 1LY

Directors Responsibilities

Name	Responsibilities
Chief Executive	Chief Operating Officer Strategic leadership or ogranisatoin's Executive Team Developing strategic vision of the organisation Developing the culture of the organisation Managing external relationships Accountable Officer Estate strategy Infrastructure Committee
Director of Finance	Financial Accounting Treasury Management Costing Charitable Funds Governance Committee (Audit) Management of SLA/Contract Internal and External Audit Capital Expenditure Information Technology Standing Financial Instructions Counter Fraud Implementation of Connecting for Health
Medical Director	Clinical Governance Clinical Audit Research & Development Medical Staffing Consultant Liaison Consultant Appraisal Modernising Careers Caldicott Guardian Practice Standards Committee
Director of Nursing, Social Care & Therapies	Clinical Governance Nurse training and education links Board representation of AHPs & Social Care Professions Infection Control Professional Leadershi[p Mental Health Act Managers Committee Patient and Public Involvement PALS, users & carers Complaints Health Records Patient Environment - domestic, catering Practice Standards Committee
Director of Corporate Governance/Trust Secretary	Overall Governance leadership Co-ordination of Risk Management Standards for Better Health Assurance Framework Information Governance NHSLA standards Litigation/Legal Complaints Security Human Rights Governance Committee Liaison with PPI Forum Liaison with Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Director of Human Resources	Recruitment Medical Staffing Training and Education Workforce Development & Information Employee Regulations Equal Opportunities/Diversity Health & Safety Occupational Health Workforce Committee
Director of Business Development	Strategic and business planning Performance Management Information Management Business Development Marketing Internal & external communication Managing membership development Commissioning & Partnership Boards PPI Service (change and planning) Performance Management Committee Business Development Committee