PSR - MSPP - NELFT Crisis House

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Crisis Houses offer an alternative to hospital for users of service to remain in a community-based setting with 24/7 mental health support, where they are at the centre of their own high-quality, rights-based care as citizens within their local community. Currently there are no such mental health crisis alternatives in Outer North East London. NELFT proposes to commission a Crisis House within the London Borough of Redbridge. Redbridge has a population of 306,000 and residents from an Asian background (52%) are the largest ethnic group, followed by White British (23%). Residents with Bangladeshi and Pakistani background also experience some of the worst health outcomes across the borough. 12% of the Redbridge population is income deprived, which is lower than the national average (12.9%). In Redbridge the levels of deprivation are concentrated in specific areas. The South and Northeast of the borough have the highest rates of deprivation and the highest levels are around Ilford. It also has a much higher rate of homelessness than the other NELFT boroughs, which is of particular importance to the new service as those affected can be up to 15 times more likely to suffer from Severe Mental Illness (SMI) (Redbridge JSNA 2021). The recent stakeholder engagement undertaken by PPL on behalf of NELFT in December 2023 identified key features of a service to support people in mental health crisis. One of the comments from that engagement specifically stated: “There is a need for a respite spot – somewhere where someone can be away from their family environment and does not necessarily need an inpatient admission but needs a place to go and decompress and prevent things escalating to a place they do need an admission.” This brief crisis intervention will seek to reduce the need for acute, inpatient admission; support the private sector bed exit plan and contribute to the Trust’s ambition of zero out of area placements. The Crisis House will be a collaboration between NELFT Redbridge community and crisis services and the Provider. Contract Duration: 2 years (initial term) + 1 +1 (extension) Financial Envelope: Estimated £630k per annum (dependant on funding)