Agenda item

SlaM’s Mental Health Older Adults and Dementia - Clinical Academic Group (MHOAD) have provided the attached papers in response to the committees request for an update. The resolutions of the committee meeting of 18th September 2012 were as follows:  

• The Equality Impact Assessment will be developed.
• An additional analysis of spare capacity will be provided.
• Supplementary information will be provided on the service offered to homeless older people with mental health needs.
• Additional information will be provided on the rise in acutely unwell people.
• An explanation will be provided for the lower number of users from both Southwark and Lambeth, compared with Croydon and Lewisham, and why there is a lower proportion of Southwark BME service users compared with Lambeth and Lewisham.
• Data and patient journey vignettes will be provided on medication levels used by the Home Treatment Team.

7.1  Cha Power,Deputy Director, Mental Health Older Adults and Dementia and Zoe Reed,Executive Director Strategy and Business Development, South London and Maudsley NHS presented the report circulated with the agenda.

7.2  Members raised a number of questions regarding the length of treatment time, use of drugs and access to benefits information.

7.3  SlaM officers reported that the service is reviewing its operating times.

RESOLVED

The committee requested more information on:

• The length of treatment times that service users receive

• The outcome of a review into the times of service operation

• A statistical breakdown into the extent of drugs prescribing for service users

The committee also recommended that the contact details of the Rightfully Yours team are shared with service users by MHOAD service.