Award of Framework Agreement for Supplementary Mental Health Placements to Support NHS Capacity Requirements

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NOE CPC awarded a framework agreement to Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, St Andrew's Healthcare, and Whitepost Health Care Group for the provision of supplementary mental health placements to support NHS capacity requirements.

The framework aims to support Participating Authorities in meeting the need for prompt assessment, referral, and placement of patients with a range of mental health needs.

The service is intended to deliver effective rehabilitation and recovery for people whose needs cannot be met by less intensive mainstream adult mental health services, focusing on the treatment and care of people with severe and complex mental health problems who would otherwise be high users of secondary and tertiary care services.

The framework supports the NHS in its objectives regarding cost-effective, compliant routes to accessing non-NHS beds required to meet essential requirements for patients where additional capacity is needed by Mental Health Trusts and commissioning organisations.

NOE CPC engaged with NHS England and NHS Improvement, the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme, and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, who are aware of and supportive of the objectives, service specification, and approach.