TRANSFERS OF CARE IN MENTAL HEALTH: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND GOOD PRACTICE Cassandra Cameron Policy Advisor 24 November 2015 Right Place, Right Time: A call to action Transfers of care in mental health What causes DToCs in mental health settings? Rising demand, beds full, reduced funding Unique circumstances and context: system and person Complexities of physical and mental health needs Challenging behaviours and variation in community- based capacity to care and manage Fragmented commissioning and care pathways: lack of coordination amongst partners poor understanding whats happening in the system nationally, and locally Who owns the problem? Achieving a whole system solution to DToCs Innovation and solutions from our member Trusts and FTs A call to action: Doing the obvious thing is the radical thing Tomorrow we will know more