1 CASE STUDY Community Mental Health and Bed-Based Support Teams – Learning Disabilities Background Following a successful first project in the Trust, Meridian embarked on an analysis in the Learning Disabilities department within the same Trust. The department operates in two different locations, offering mostly community services as well as bed-based support. There are 29.94 WTEs spread over five professions which each work under a clinical lead. There has been a steady build-up of waiting lists in all of the professions, with as many as 390 clients on one list. Despite the extra resources that have been allocated to the service to increase capacity, there has been no change in this situation. A relatively recent split of the service from social c

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