Enter and view: Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust Drug and Alcohol Recovery Team (DART)
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The following report looks at some of our Drug and Alcohol services within Lincolnshire and contains information from 3 enter and view visits undertaken during November 2015. The visits focus on the patient journey, however, with the support of the Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (Mental Health Trust) and the DART Teams during this programme of work, our report includes engagement and feedback from the staff as well.
The work was carried out to supplement the work we have been conducting around mental health services more generally and although drug and alcohol misuse is not classified as a mental health issue, the service is commissioned by the mental health trust, LPFT, and does often have links in terms of dual diagnosis.
The report identifies key themes which Healthwatch Lincolnshire (HWL) believe should be raised as a matter of importance not only with the Trust and provider, but also where appropriate with other commissioners and providers of related services.
HWL is mindful that factors outside the control of the DART service have an impact on the service provided and consequently the patient experience; where these occur we have included them.
In essence, there were some core themes listed below which came out of the visits and as part of this work we have requested that the Trust comment on the findings in the public interest. Their responses are also included throughout. What is evident is that, the challenges faced are everyone’s business and in order to sustain an effective health and care service for the future, partnership working and assessing lessons learned are key. What must also be recognised is the public recognition of the care and support delivered by frontline staff delivering these services.