Our plan on a page for 2024

Regional and Specialist Services

Select each subheading below to highlight the different sections of our plan on a page. This will outline how our Regional and Specialist Service is planning to deliver care during 2024.

1. Where are we now?
  • Forward Leeds Addictions Service – has an Outstanding CQC rating; demand is at an all-time high; we have increased funding from Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.
  • Neurodevelopmental Services – high numbers of referrals are impacting on waiting times.
  • Personality Disorder Services – high demand for group work impacting waiting times, working with NHS and third sector partners on Community Transformation.
  • Northern Gambling Service – maintaining a low waiting time; increasing clinics in the North West and the North East and Yorkshire; launched a new website.
  • Op Courage Veterans Service – set up a new service with partners across the north; delivering the enhanced pathway across the North of England and the core pathway in West and South Yorkshire; Service has achieved Royal College Accreditation and Trust has achieved ERS Gold standard.
2. Where do we want to be in 12-18 months' time?
  • Forward Leeds Addictions Service – continued high-quality care; enhanced psychological therapy and interventions; secure funding for Non-Medical Prescribing Peer Support and Health Support Workers; fully staffed and no waiting list; providing training opportunities in addictions.
  • Neurodevelopmental Services – improving diagnostic waiting times, treatment and aftercare for people with autism and ADHD in Leeds; providing autism training for clinical staff.
  • Personality Disorder Services – embedded in community transformation with increased group work provision. Changes to Pathway Development Service evaluated and implemented.
  • Northern Gambling Service – new clinics established and receiving referrals from underrepresented areas.
  • Op Courage Veterans Service – services promoted to – and integrated with – veterans, charities and families, healthcare systems and providers.
3. How we are going to get there
4. How we will improve service user and carer experience
  • Forward Leeds Addictions Service – identify a service user/carer involvement champion; employ Peer Support Workers with lived experience.
  • Neurodevelopmental Services – increase lived experience roles, including a supported internship.
  • Personality Disorder Services – service user-led development of an involvement and co-production strategy across three services; increase lived experience roles.
  • Northern Gambling Service – a peer mentor with lived experience of gambling will offer support to our service users.
  • Op Courage Veterans Service – veteran representatives to join our Partnership Board to represent their views.
5. How we will improve staff experience
  • Regional and Specialist Services – bring colleagues together regularly to foster connections; support positive and effective working relationships and ensure support provided; improve the experience of our staff utilising support services.
  • Forward Leeds Addictions Service – support access to the Critical Incident Staff Support Pathway; away days with a focus on wellbeing and psychological safety.
  • Op Courage Veterans Service – away day opportunities to bring colleagues together within their teams, wider pathway and partnership.
  • Neurodevelopmental Services and Personality Disorder Services – review estates, processes and procedures to support the wellbeing of autistic staff.
6. How we will reduce health inequalities and improving equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Forward Leeds Addictions Service – identify and address access barriers, including digital inclusion, gender, and ethnicity.
  • Neurodevelopmental Services – further develop work to address unmet ADHD needs and investigate barriers to accessing autism services based on ethnicity and age.
  • Personality Disorder Services – develop psychologically-informed community-based approaches for young people from minority backgrounds who have experienced trauma and adversity.
  • Northern Gambling Service – improve access to underrepresented geographies through promotion and improved access to clinics.
  • Op Courage Veterans Service – increase access from underrepresented groups; maintain our Pride in Veterans Standard; consider the impact of the Etherton Report; increase awareness of the mental health needs of the Armed Forces Community.

Page last updated: 12th Jul 2024 12:06pm