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Capital allocation process: £130 million for adult mental health services
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Document type:Dear colleague letter
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Author:Department of Health
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Published date:2 March 2006
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Primary audience:Chief Executives,Professionals
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Publication format:Electronic only
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Product number:27766
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Gateway reference:6213
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Pages:13
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Copyright holder:Crown
This letter outlines the £130 million capital for investment in adult mental health services available from April 2006 onwards. It informs Chief Executives of the priorities for spend and the process for allocation of this money.
Nationally, the aims of this investment are to:
- reduce reliance on police stations as a place of safety for assessment of those brought in under s136 of the Mental Health Act 1983, through the development of appropriate alternative assessment facilities supported by robust interagency agreements;
- ensure that the number of psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) and acute, general psychiatric low secure units (LSUs) that do not meet the published national standards is reduced by targeting money at those units least fit for purpose.
- Mental health policy implementation guide: National minimum standards for general adult services in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) and Low Secure Environments
- 28/07/2004: Project to Evaluate the Costs of Addressing Physical Environmental deficits in Units which manage people with mental health problems who present with challenging behaviours (including PICU's and LSU's)
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