This was: We also assessed if the organisation is well-led and looked at areas of governance, culture, leadership capability and improvement. Until then there is a danger information is not shared or fully available to all staff seeing a person. There were inconsistencies in the quality of completion for do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) forms, in the quality of admission paperwork within medical records and in the use of the Last Days of Life care plans. Staff demonstrated good knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Care planning had improved in the crisis service. spoke with 15 family members or carers of patients, reviewed the mental health act detention papers of 23 patients and seclusion records of 10 patients, and. Care plans did not always reflect a person centred approach and people who used services and their carers were not routinely involved in CPA reviews. Jan 4. Staff reported incidents, which were discussed and reviewed by line managers within the teams. Maintenance teams did not undertake repairs in a timely way and not all areas used by patients were clean. Creating high quality compassionate care and well-being for all | Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust - We provide mental health, learning disability and community health services for a population of more than a million people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. However, they were not updated regularly or following an incident. It promises that we will lead with compassion and inclusivity, with the health and wellbeing of our staff at the heart of all we do. Staff interacted with the patients in a positive way and was respectful to them. We have four core values: Compassion, Respect, Integrity, Trust. Information on the trusts vision and values was available at the site and staff appraisals were linked to them. NHS Improvement is pleased to announce the appointments of Alexander Carpenter and Hetal Parmar as Non-executive Directors of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust from 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2025. However staff did not appear to be fully aware of services provided and told us there were plans to implement a seven day service in end of life care. Three patients told us of times when staff had been rude, threatening and disrespectful towards them. The service was not effective. Staff did not demonstrate a good understanding of the Mental Health Act (MHA) and Mental Capacity Act (MCA). They told us that staff were kind and caring. Consultations with staff and the public had been undertaken to gain feedback on the proposed move of wards. With the exception of the liaison psychiatry service and the mental health triage car, managers were not supervising or appraising staff within the trusts supervision policy. One patient told us they did not know they could leave the ward to seek medical attention. During the depot clinic staff did not close privacy curtains when patients were receiving depot injections. Download the leadership behaviours booklet or watch the animation below to find out more: Our People Plan shows our dedication to making LPT a great place to work and receive care. A dual paper and electronic recording system meant that some information was not accessible to all of the staff that might need it. We use our system of intelligent monitoring of indicators to direct our resources to where they are most needed. Staff would still work with people who were on waiting lists so that they received some level of service. One patient at Stewart House told us other patients made comments around their protected characteristics and staff had not care planned the needs of the patient. The environment in specialist community mental health services for children and young people, and community based mental health services for adults of working age was not suitable, did not promote safe practice and was not well maintained. Managers had a recruitment plan in place to increase the number of substantive staff for the service. Two patients we interviewed on Ashby and Heather wards told us that staff did not always knock on their bedroom doors before entering. Staff supported patients to raise concerns when needed. Equality diversity and inclusion matters had been a focus of the new trust leadership team. However, there were some instances when patients privacy and dignity were not respected. Multi-disciplinary teams and inter-agency working were effective in supporting people who used the service. Staff showed us that they wanted to provide high quality care, despite the challenges of staffing levels and some poor ward environments. Leadership had been strengthened at Stewart House. For services we haven't rated we use ticks and crosses to show whether we've asked them to take further action or taken enforcement action against them. The community therapy rehabilitation unit at Hinckley did not have a defibrillator in the unit for staff to use in an emergency despite staff having been trained how to use one. 78% of staff had completed their annual appraisal. There were different recording systems in place, for example paper records and electronic records, different professional kept separate files. Staff routinely referred patients to access additional support for employment, housing, benefits and independent mental health advocacy. This employer has not claimed their Employer Profile and is missing out on connecting with our community. Staff received supervisions and appraisal. The trust was told to address the arrangements for eliminating dormitories at our last inspection in 2018 and work had started on one ward in March 2021. There was regular and effective multidisciplinary working. We rated Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust as Requires Improvement overall because: Published Staff were suitably trained with the relevant knowledge and skills to carry out their work, had regular appraisals and had access to the information they needed to perform their duties. Inadequate Therefore, if a female needed a psychiatric intensive care unit they were sent out of area. One patient on Watermead ward told us that a staff member had ignored them when they had asked them for a sandwich. The trust had long term plans to address this. Patient had individualised risk assessments. Senior nurses mitigated risk where they could which included switching an agency staff member with a trust member of staff if two agency staff worked together. The services used recognised outcome measures and monitoring measures to help assess the level of support and treatment required. Apply. Medicines Management Our vision Creating high quality, compassionate care and wellbeing for all. Despite considerable effort with recruiting new members of staff for community inpatient areas, staffing was the top concern for all senior nurses and there was still a significant reliance on agency staff to fill shifts which could not be covered internally. The trusts Board Assurance Framework (BAF) was lengthy, was combined with a corporate risk register and had overdue actions. Staff were kind, caring and compassionate and treated patients with dignity and respect. However, this was a temporary restriction due to the building works and patient safety. Staff were unable to show us evidence of clinical audits or the basis of evidence based practice in end of life services. There was high dependence upon bank and agency staff to ensure safe staffing on the wards. All wards had developed their own systems to improve medicines management in their areas. Some medication was out of date and there was no clear record of medication being logged in or out. Our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do. Our observations during inspection confirmed that staff knowledge and practical application of their knowledge was inconsistent despite training on their electronic learning systems. There was a full complement of staff with no vacancies. Ward matrons told us they shared outcomes from incident investigations in team meetings for shared leaning. All the people who used services and the carers spoken to were happy with the service they had received and spoke positively about their interactions with staff. We found serious concerns with medication disposal, storage, labelling and management of controlled drugs. Adult liaison psychiatry services are delivered by the mental health trust across three acute hospital sites at Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital. Managers ensured they monitored their staffs compliance with mandatory training using a tracker system. There was an effective incident reporting system. ", Laiqaah Manjra, Corporate Affairs Administrator, "I progressed from being an apprentice to a Corporate Affairs Administrator - the NHS really supports staff development. Computer systems were not shared across GP surgeries so information sharing did not happen effectively. The electronic data held by the trust was currently being validated with large numbers of visit records not closed on the database. There had been several serious incidents (SI) within this service in the last year. Staff were trained appropriately within their speciality and new staff were supported to gain experience and skills. Our overall rating of this trust stayed the same. The psychiatric outpatients was responsible for 2094 of the breaches, with city east reporting the highest of these breaches at 429.2. The trust had completed ligature risk assessments across all wards, detailing where risks were located and how these should be managed. The introduction of activities co-ordinators at Coalville Hospital had improved the patients experience on the ward and increased the activities that were conducted on a day to day basis. Some patients told us that staff were polite and respectful and willing to go the extra mile in supporting them. Some wards and community teams had low staffing levels, or an absence of specialist staff, and this had an impact on care.Staffing levels remained low at the Bradgate mental health unit. However, no time frame was set for the work to be completed. Staff interacted with people in a positive way and were person centred in their approach. Staff carried out physical observations in public areas in one service, and staff did not always record or explain why some observations of patients were required. Overall, patients were positive about the care they received and had access to advocacy services on all wards. Staff used "my care plan" documents to obtain patients views on their care. They contained items which could pose a danger to staff and patients. Staff used the mental health clustering tool, which included Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) to assess and record severity and outcomes for all patients. The trust had recruited two registered general nurses with dedicated time to focus on individual healthcare plans at Stewart House and The Willows. Staff felt supported by their managers and received regular supervision and annual appraisals. There was a risk that staff did not receive adequate support or that their capability was not reviewed. criminal justice and liaison services and triage teams had good morale and worked well with internal and external colleagues. Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) visited five services run by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) in November and December last year. The trust had high numbers of vacancies for registered nurses. When community meetings occurred, staff did not include details of outcomes to evidence change. We did not inspect the following core services previously rated as requires improvement: We did not inspect the following core services previously rated as good: We are monitoring the progress of improvements to services and will re-inspect them as appropriate. There were good examples of collaborative team working and effective multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working to meet the needs of children and young people using the service. The service used evidence based, best practice guidance throughout its policies and procedures and ways of working. Mandatory training that fell below 75% included adult immediate life support, adult basic life support, safeguarding children level 3 and fire safety awareness. They provided a range of treatments that were informed by best-practice guidance and suitable to the needs of the patients. We will continue to keep our values of Compassion, Respect, Integrity, Trust at the centre of everything we do. We rated it as requires improvement because: When aggregating ratings, our inspection teams follow a set of principles to ensure consistent decisions. There were low levels of restraint and staff tried other methods to de-escalate before restraining patients. This monthly award is about recognising members of staff who have gone the extra mile. Medicine management training sessions had been undertaken with inpatient ward sisters and charge nurses. Patients were involved in the writing of their care plans and their views were reflected in the plans. Four young people told us they felt involved in developing their care plan however, they had not received a copy. This could pose a risk to patients and staff. This was a breach of the patients privacy and dignity to patients as staff might be required to enter the shower rooms to check patients were safe. Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Location Leicester Salary 27,055 to 32,934 a year Closing date 2 Feb 2023. Managers had introduced a specialist child and adolescent mental health traffic light system, a red, amber and green rating tool for managing risk. Staff were given feedback after incidents had been reported. Managers had plans in place to address this issue. Staff explained that the figures collected around preferred place of death were collected as these were requested by the clinical commission group (CCG), although these figures were collected for services in the community; the ward based palliative care figures were not collated. We don't rate every type of service. The trust had not ensured all staff had received training in immediate life support. There had been only one out of area placement over 14 months. Staff working within criminal justice and liaison services and triage teams had good morale and worked well with internal and external colleagues. Our rating of this service improved. In all three services, not all staff were up to date with mandatory training. Team managers could not be assured of local performance around record keeping, care planning and patient involvement. The trust leadership team had not ensured that all requirements from the last inspection had been actioned and embedded across all services. 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