Berkshire Healthcare NHS Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustFoundation Trust

The Community Health Services of Berkshire East and Berkshire West are part of

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as of 8 April 2011

Who are we?Who are we?

• We are the main providers of mental health and community health services in Berkshire.

Who do we provide for ?Who do we provide for ?

The whole population of Berkshire

– circa 816,000

Joint services provide a full package of community care for the entire county…

West Berkshire Slough

Reading Windsor/Ascot/

Maidenhead

Wokingham Bracknell

What do we do?

• Assess and treat people with a mental or physical health problems in the community including learning disability

• Support carers• Make people aware of lifestyle issues such as

smoking, obesity• Provide care for long term conditions• Promote healthy living for children and adults

How do we do it ?How do we do it ?

• Mostly on a 24 hours 7 days a week basis

• As much care as possible is provided at home or as close to home as possible

Our partners and regulators are:Our partners and regulators are:

• Department of Health (CQC)

• Monitor

• Local Authorities

Our resources….Our resources….

•£215m annual budget

•Circa 4000 staff across the Trust

Community Health Services:Community Health Services:

A wide range of clinical services in the community…

• Smoking cessation • Community hospital services• Physiotherapists, Speech & Language specialists• Health visiting, School nurses

Mental Health Services for:Mental Health Services for:

• Child & Adolescent Services (CAMHS)

• Learning Disability services• Adults and older adults • Prisoners in Reading Young

Offenders Institute

Our goals for 2011- 2013Our goals for 2011- 2013

1: To be the commissioners’ provider of choice

2: To provide safe, clinically effective services that meet the needs of patients, and consistently meet or exceed the standards of all our stakeholders

3: To deliver financially sustainable services

Also, we want to…. 4: Provide care at home or as close to home as

possible

5: Encourage people to stay healthy in mind and body

6: Re-invest any profit we make from private patients back into our services

Foundation Foundation StatusStatus

What does this mean?

Local people have a real say in the running of the organisation

Greater financial freedom to re-invest savings and profits in local services

• Implement major review of all community and mental health services to improve quality and stay within our financial budget

• Expand our membership base to 10,000 by the end of 2012

Our plans for 2011 - 2013Our plans for 2011 - 2013

Thank you

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