OK here goes!
Hopefully most people are aware that there are changes happening to Psychiatric Services in East Lothian. This article aims to set out what these changes are and who will be effected by them.
Firstly, it is important to point out that this change applies to services provided by NHS Lothian. It is a change to the Adult service. This means it applies to anyone aged 18 to 65 that has a need for Mental Health care. It DOES NOT apply to the Young Person or Old Age services.
The biggest news has been that the current Inpatient Facility, Garleton Ward at Herdmanflat, will close. At present the only certainty is that this will happen no later than September 2009. The inpatient facility will be “re-provided” in Edinburgh.
The “New Service” will have a bigger emphasis on care in the community and at home. The service as a whole will be known as the East Lothian Community Mental Health Team or East Lothian CMHT.
The team will operate as a single service but will break down into three ‘functions’. These are:
- Intensive Home Treatment
- Recovery
- Psychological Therapies
With regard to the Recovery and Psychological Therapies functions, these will be broken down further into geographical areas.
- North – From the Riverside GP Practise in Musselburgh along the coast to North Berwick.
- East – Inland from Dunbar, East Linton and Haddington.
- West – Musselburgh (except Riverside Practise), Tranent and Ormiston.
The area that applies to you depends where your GP practice is located
