After reporting an imminent change of management in the newly formed CMHT.  We can now report that this will not happen…..just yet!

David Haldane’s secondment as Clinical Services Development Manger (CSDM) to the new Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) will come to and end in the first half of the new year.  Hopefully this will allow the new team to settle in before we experience even more change.

The new team launch seems to have been successful and the new teams have fitted into their role.  Obviously it’s early days and some parts of the service have experienced more change than others.  However, other than a few minor procedural hic-ups, there is nothing exciting to report!

We received unexpected news last week of a planned change to the management structure of Mental Health Services in Lothian.

It was announced that, just after the new Community Mental Health Team launches on Wednesday 26th November, there will be a change to local management.  Currently both East and Mid Lothian have a Clinical Services Development Manager (CSDM).  As part of the restructuring, these two posts will be combined into one.  This means that our current CSDM, David Haldane, will be replaced by Robert Clement, the existing CSDM for Mid Lothian.

This change will happen on Sunday 7th December, just over a week after the new team launches.