Who will it help? Where will it be based?

Our inpatient units work as patients in our wards are Inpatient beds are currently located at Callington Road in part of the overall system there because they have Brislington and at . The Acute wards are mixed of mental health care to chosen to be. sex but have separate male and female bedroom corridors and lounges. The PICUs are single sex single units based at Callington Road provide support and specialist Hospital. There are also inpatient services for dementia sufferers at treatment to those whose have Our aim is to improve the Callington Road Hospital. complex and unpredictable effectiveness of our inpatient needs and who need to be services to make sure that cared for in hospital. service users need to stay in hospital for as short a About 25% of service users time as possible and can be Why is it changing? in our inpatient units are discharged back into the detained under the Mental community with appropriate is adopting a new approach to delivering its mental health services. They now Health Act but the rest of the support. come together under the banner of Bristol Mental Health, which is made up of 18 organisations chosen because of their expertise and experience. The change process has Questions taken nearly three years and included the involvement of people with experience of using mental health services, carers, voluntary organisations, community groups and health and social care professionals. The inpatient part of the service has not been subject to tender and will continue to be delivered by Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. The developing services reflect collaborative working between service users & Answers and staff to ensure any changes improve service and reflects the fact that a small change may be very important to service users and carers.

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inpatient services? Our inpatient services have For those admitted into hospital For more information please about the not been subject to tender but due to dementia, our commitment inpatient service contact: are being reshaped to work is to work with the South West Most people with mental Inpatient services include alongside the new community Hospital Standards for dementia. Mark Bunker, Bristol Head of Profession and health problems can be acute inpatient wards and if services. Our aim is to ensure that our wards Practice and Acute Clinical Lead supported in their own more intensive care is needed are staffed to provide care, support Call 0117 919 5731 or email homes. For some people, there are the psychiatric Our aim is to ensure that every and appropriate interventions, [email protected] the complexity and intensive care units (PICUs). day someone has to spend in an seven days a week, 24 hours a day. unpredictability of their inpatient unit makes a difference and that every intervention Our aim is to admit someone www.bristolmentalhealth.org condition means that they People who agree to come does likewise. Alongside dealing needing hospital care to a bed as need to receive specialist into hospital may be admitted with mental health issues, close to where they live as possible. support within a hospital ward. as informal patients or a our staff will support service During their stay the inpatient staff person can be detained under users to improve their physical work with the community teams to Acute inpatient services the Mental Health Act if they health, working alongside our ensure a person is in hospital for provide them with the high would come to harm without partners in Bristol mental health the shortest length of time and that quality, multi-skilled treatment happening in to provide the best possible the treatment can continue in their treatment they need. hospital. response. home on discharge.

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