CASE STUDY Adult Mental Health Acute Inpatient Wards & Community Mental Health Teams Improvement Programme Background Meridian’s client is one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in West Yorkshire. Working in three localities, it provides mental health, community mental health and learning disabilities services. Meridian have been invited to carry out an analysis of the Adult Acute Inpatient Wards, the Intensive Home Treatment Teams and Community Mental Health Teams. The main concerns of the Trust were: - High spend on Out Of Area treatments for local patients (ca. 62 bed nights per week at a cost of £1.6 million a year) - High Average Length Of Stay on the Inpatient Wards (53.1 days) - Significant Agency spend in the Community-based services (ca. £1.

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