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The chair invited Lambeth and Southwark teams to
present.
David Bradley, Chief Executive,
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) introduced
the presentation by saying the committee’s 15 recommendations
had all been accepted.
Nancy Kuchemann, Southwark GP,
and mental health lead for South East London (SEL) Clinical
Commissioning Group (CCG) thanked the committee for a compelling
and detailed case. The recommendations were strongly supported at
SEL CCG.
It was reported that work has
now started on site and the Douglas Bennett House at the Maudsley
Hospital is being redeveloped to provide eight purpose-designed,
modern adult inpatient wards.
Dr Robert Harland, Clinical
Director for Lambeth Adult Services at SLaM, emphasised the
improvement to the new provision and in particular the provision of
on- suite bathrooms. The integration of physical and mental health
is also of benefit and been vital with COVID-19.
A service user described the
current provision being replaced as having long dark corridors with
nursing stations far away, poor bathrooms and no green spaces or
places to relax.
Natalie Creary, Programme
Delivery Director, Black Thrive, reported on the work developing a
culturally appropriate inpatient process. A service user gave an
insight on the co - design process with service users, remarking
that she has thoroughly enjoyed working with Black Thrive and their
voices had been registered. Interviews had taken place with service
users and they had also been involved with devising job
descriptions, which she reported had been very valuable.
Neil Jackson, Director of
Capital Planning, Estates and Facilities, SLaM, went through the
future plans for the Lambeth Hospital site, covering the master
plan and provision of affordable housing, in particular.
Carla Fourier, Director of
Social Care, SLaM, covered the aftercare arrangements with council
partners, particularly Lambeth and Southwark, but also other
boroughs. A draft memorandum of understanding was presented around
Section 117 in November to council leads. She explained that this
is a complex legal situation, as frequently service user’s
move between boroughs. Further work is
ongoing on this.
Jo Kent, Deputy Director of
Southwark Adult Mental Health Services, SLaM explained that SLaM
uses limited private provision. Work has been done looking at
future projections on service use for Southwark residents, which
demonstrates that there is local bed capacity until 2027, but
action will need to be taken to plan beyond this date. Nancy Kuchemann spoke about Southwark services
users, the potential impact on local services, and summarised by
saying she was satisfied Southwark is in a good place
there.
David Bradley said that the
impact of COVID -19 has slowed work but it is still on
track.
The chair then invited
questions and the following points were made:
- The risk of
the pandemic adding costs to the building has been mitigated and
controlled through the use of two separate teams on shifts to
enable work to continue if, and when, there are outbreaks. A
similar methodology has been applied to the
supply-chain.
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