Mentally ill Children Flashcards
(23 cards)
Headline?
Mentally ill children sent hundreds of miles for care
Who’s affected?
Children and young people with serious mental health problems
Problem?
being separated from homes up to 285 miles despite a pledge to end the practice
Reason?
Bed shortages in some areas
Impact?
Frightening for the children, reduces the chances of their recovery and increases the risk they will harm themselves
The number of children admitted to a non-local bed 2017/18?
1039, many cases over 100m from home
Extreme example
Children from Canterbury were sent 285m for inpatient mental health care, also Cornwall (258m) and Bristol (243m)
Where is Canterbury?
Kent
Fact involving bed shortages
In 119/195 NHS clinical commisioning groups, at least patient u18 was sent out of the area for care
What has NHS England pledged in response?
150-180 more beds for mental health inpatients
The argument against the NHS’s inaction in response to this
24% fall in the number of young people sent out of area from 1365 in 2016-7
Who is the shadow minister for mental health?
Barbara Keeley
How did B.K. obtain these figures which revealed “a national scandal”?
FOI Act
What did B.K.s FOI uncover?
- 66 CCGs - 1 in 3 - sent u18s on an out-of-area placement at least 100m away last year.
- Patient from Hertfordshire was placed 316m from home 2015-6, the longest recorded distance in 3 years.
- Young people from 25 CCGs - 1 in 8, have had to receive inpatient care at least 200m from home in the past 3y
What does CCG stand for?
Clinical Commisioning Groups
What is the length of the GB island?
874m (1,407km) by road
How is the length of GB measured?
From John o’Groats (NE) to Land’s Ends (SW)
When were CCGs created?
2012 following the Health and Social Care Act
When did they replace Primary Care Trusts?
April 2013
What are CCGs?
Membership bodies, with local GP practices as the members;
Led by an elected governing body made up of GPs, other clinicians including a nurse and a secondary care consultant, and lay members
What are CCGs responsible for?
Responsible for approximately 2/3 of the total NHS England budget; or £75.6 billion in 2018/19;
Responsible for commissioning healthcare including mental health services, urgent and emergency care, elective hospital services, and community care.
Responsible for the health of populations ranging from under 100,000 to 900,000, although their average population is about a quarter of a million people.
Give an issue facing families with out-of-area mental health services
paying for accommodation and travel to visit their family member
Specific CCG examples changing its bed stocks
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire CCG hoped to increase beds from 10 to 32 and Cornwall hoped to add 14 new beds
