CCG FOI 623 – Mental Health Provision for the Homeless

Responded to: 30th June 2016

I would like to be informed about any provision the CCG has commissioned to meet the mental health needs of single/non-statutory homeless persons.

I would be grateful if you could provide a description of any commissioned provision including details of; the numbers of staff and professional disciplines dedicated to it; any particular conditions (e.g. psychological trauma, psychosis); and sub-populations the provision may be  targeted at; access/referral pathways for service users to this provision; and specific intervention models/approaches informing the provision.

If any provision of this sort has recently been discontinued or is currently being planned, I would be keen to be informed about this also.

NHS Stockport CCG commissions a GP service at the Wellspring for single/non-statutory homeless persons.  The Wellspring  is a resource center in Stockport for homeless and disadvantaged people.  www.thewellspring.co.uk

The GP service aims to meet the  immediate health needs of this group of people and to refer to appropriate commissioned services , including local mental health services. The GP works closely with Stockport’s health, mental health, social care and housing services to help support the needs of single/non-statutory homeless persons in Stockport.

The service operates on 2 GP sessions per week.

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