Black Country Transforming Care

Programme

Improving services for people with learning disabilities.

Engaging with you

Thursday 21st March to Thursday 23rd

May 2019

The people who manage and deliver health

services in the Black Country are making

services better for people with learning

disabilities and who have behaviour that

challenges

This is part of a national plan called

Transforming Care. This is happening

everywhere in the country

It will -

• Improve the quality of care

• Improve quality of life for people with

learning disabilities

• Provide more care in the community

• Reduce the hospital stays in assessment

and treatment units

We have developed a community model

for the Black Country which has community

teams and specialists who are trained to

meet the needs of service users

There will still be some assessment and

treatment beds for people who need them.

They will all be at Penrose House, Heath

Lane Sandwell

What is it ?

We have looked at the assessment and

treatment units we have in the Black

Country and believe the best one is Penrose

House in Sandwell

People can get services when they need

them and at anytime. It has separate male

and female wards

We think that Penrose House is safer than

Ridge Hill in Dudley and Orchard Hills and

Daisy Bank. Both are temporarily closed

because they were unsafe

We have tested the community model and

believe it is making a difference to people’s

lives

We want to know what you think about the

services and what is important to you

The Transforming Care Programme only

includes the low and medium secure units

The Transforming Care Programme is about

people getting the help and support they

need in their community and close to their

homes

This will be provided by community teams

who are specially trained

People will only go into hospital if the care

they need cannot be given safely in the

community

The hospital care will be high quality

specialist care and patients will be there for

the shortest time possible

Black Country Transforming Care Programme

The Black Country Transforming Care

Partnership has worked with people with

learning disabilities and their families and

carers to develop the new community

model

The new community model will maintain

people’s rights, respect and dignity

There will still be beds in the Black Country

for people who need to go to the

assessment and treatment unit

We will need less hospital beds in the Black

Country

The unit that we will have all of the hospital

beds in will be Penrose House in Sandwell

The new community model for people with

learning disabilities

The closing of Ridge Hill Hospital in Dudley

and Orchard Hills/Daisy Bank in Walsall

Having one assessment and treatment

hospital in Sandwell

How the new service will change things for

service users and their families

What support needs to be available to

make the new community model a success

Engagement – We want to know your views about

Who is in the Black Country Transforming Care Programme ?

Clinical Commissioning Groups

Local Authorities

Providers FamiliesPeople who use the

services

The Black Country has seventeen thousand

adults who have a learning disability and

are over 18 years old

We already have a community model to

work with people with learning disabilities in

the Black Country

The community team work together with

other services to provide people to stay near

their families and friends

The community model has an intensive

support service to avoid staying at the

hospital

The community service has a forensic model

for people who are involved in the criminal

justice system

What we have now ?

There will be a short term inpatient hospital

for people with learning disabilities who

cannot have treatment in the community. It

will have ten beds

In the Black Country there is one assessment

and treatment unit at Penrose House, Heath

Lane in Sandwell. Both women and men

can be treated there

There are also community teams from the

Black Country Partnership Foundation trust

who support people with learning disabilities

There are two other hospitals called Ridge

Hill in Dudley and Orchard Hills/Daisy Bank in

Walsall. They are not used and all patients

are now treated in the community

In 2016 the assessment and treatment beds

at Pond Lane Hospital Wolverhampton was

closed

The Black Country TCP has been working

with people who have learning disabilities,

their families and carers to get the

community model right

Involve people with learning disabilities in

their own care

To know who is at risk and may need

intensive support

Support for families and carers to stay in their

home

We are making sure services are available

for people with learning disabilities at the

right time, in the right place and in the right

way

How the community model works

We believe that services for people with

learning disabilities should be delivered in

the community

Community learning disability service

Assessment and Treatment beds

Intensive support services

Forensic support service

for people who are involved in the criminal

justice system

How the Community Model works

There are four community learning teams.

One in each area. Walsall, Dudley, Sandwell

and Wolverhampton

The teams will provide a service for adults

over eighteen years old who have a

diagnosed learning disability and cannot

use mainstream services

The service will support families and carers

by making the assessment process easier

It will also support staff and professionals

who deliver the service by providing

specialist training

Community Learning Disability Service

Be as independent as possible

Stop hospital admissions when they are not

needed.

Be discharged in the shortest time possible from

hospital care.

Be supported to look after their mental health

and physical care needs.

To live as independently as possible in the

community.

Be involved in decision making about their care.

To get the help and support as quickly as

possible when they are in crisis.

The service will support people to

This is a 24 hour inpatient service for people

with learning disabilities and complex health

needs

There will be three main functions of support

An assessment of the needs and treatment

for emotional and behavioural distress

A safe place where people can get the

support they need

Support when people leave the assessment

and treatment unit to go back into the

community

They will be supported by the community

disability team and the intensive support

teams

Assessment and treatment beds

Be supported to look after their

mental health and physical care.

The Community Intensive Support Team is a

service for people who cannot use

mainstream services with a diagnosed

learning disability who are over eighteen

years old

The service will stop unnecessary hospital

admissions

Support people back into the community

Support people to live as independently as

possible

Intensive Support Service

The Intensive Support service will

Support people to understand their triggers

and get support earlier

Respond when in crisis

Work with other teams to plan support when

managing challenging behaviours

Plan to prevent future crisis and work with

community teams to do this

Assess family carers’ needs to support them

when crisis happens

To get the help and support as quickly as

possible when they are in crisis

Forensic Support Service

The Community Forensic team is a service

for people who are over 18 years old and

have a diagnosed learning disability

They will be a part of the criminal justice

system or at risk of becoming a part of it

They will be unable to access mainstream

services and need a forensic team

Plan to prevent future crisis and work with

community teams to do this

The Forensic Support service will

Provides support to people with learning disabilities

who are a part of the criminal justice system or at

risk of it

Will promote the qualities and values of the Good

Lives Model of offender rehabilitation

Will promote independence in a way that is possible

Prevents and avoids unnecessary hospital stays

Make sure that when you are in hospital you can

get out as soon as your treatment is completed

Supports families and carers in getting the support

they need when dealing with the criminal justice

system

The best place for assessment and treatment beds

There will be times when some people with a

learning disability will need to go to an

assessment and treatment hospital

We know that people want to stay near their

community and friends and family. That is why

it is important to keep an assessment and

treatment hospital open in the Black Country

area

We want to make this one hospital the best it

can be and provide a high level of care for the

people who need it

We have looked at the three hospitals we have

in the Black Country and have decided that

the best place is Penrose House in Sandwell

The best place for assessment and treatment beds

This is because Ridge Hill and Daisy

Bank/Orchard Hills are

• not in community areas

• will not work in an emergency for people

who need emergency care

• they both need a lot of work to make them

the best place we can offer

• Penrose House has support from other units

on the site if they need it

This means that it has been decided that

Penrose House is the safest site for the

Transforming Care Partnership assessment and

treatment beds

Have your say

We believe that the new model of care is the

right one

We want to make sure that we know all of your

thoughts and concerns before we ask the

clinical commissioning groups to agree to close

Ridge Hill and Daisy Bank/Orchard Hills for

good

This will help us to make sure that we can

support the new model of care in the best way

We will talk to people at the nine week public

engagement

This will include GPs, local councillors, specialist

schools and community groups

Now you have read about our plans we want

to know what you think

How to be a part of the Public Engagement

Public Engagement is where you can tell us

what you think about the new plan

Your views are important

This will happen from Thursday 21st March 2019

and will be for nine weeks until the 23rd May

2019

You can come to one of our events

You can fill in the survey and post it to us

FREEPOST

NHS Questionnaire Responses

You can fill the form in on the internet

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/careprogramme

If you belong to a group or organisation you

can invite us to come and talk to your group.

To do this you need to call on 0121 611 0611

Our Events

Here are when the public events will be

happening

SandwellYemeni Community Association in Sandwell Ltd

Greets Green Access Centre

Tildasley Street West Bromwich B70 9SJ

From 1.30pm – 3.30pm

WolverhamptonMolineux Stadium

Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton WV1 4QR

From 10am-12pm

WalsallBescot Stadium

Bescot Crescent Walsall WS1 4SA

From 4pm-6pm

DudleyDY1 community building

Stafford Street Dudley DY1 1RT

From 5.30pm – 7.30pm

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