Impact report: care plans for serious mental illness in Birmingham
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Healthwatch Birmingham created an impact report covering improvement in care plans for people with serious mental illness in Birmingham. This followed on from their reporting a year before that 20% of people with a serious mental illness do not have a care plan.
This report gives on update on what Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) have undertaken to address this.
- 5% more people on the ‘Care Programme Approach’ have a care plan (compared to Dec 2016)
- All in-patients have care plans, which list needs, interventions and goals.
- All service users on rehabilitation wards routinely now have care plans.