A mental health trust provides health and social care services for people with mental health disorders in England.
There are 60 mental health trusts. They are commissioned and funded by clinical commissioning groups.
Patients usually access the services of mental health trusts through their GP (primary care medical doctor) or via a stay in hospital. Most of the services are for people who live in the region, although there may be specialist services for the whole of the UK or services that accept national referrals. Mental Health Trusts may or may not provide inpatient psychiatric hospital services themselves (they may form part of a general hospital run by an NHS Hospital Trust). The various trusts work together and with local authorities and voluntary organisations to provide care.
Services provided by Mental health trusts vary but typically include: Counselling sessions - one-to-one or in a group
Courses - such as on how to deal with stress, anger, and bereavement. Courses may also be available for carers of those with mental health disordersResources - such as leaflets and books on mental health issuesPsychotherapy - treatment sessions with a therapist. Commonly cognitive behavioural therapyFamily support - providing support to the family, friends, and carers of those with a mental health problem.Community drug and alcohol clinics - helping people to cope with addictionCommunity mental health houses - supported housing to help people live in the communityDay hospitals and day centres - short-term outpatient sessions with a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist or other mental health professional, and drop-in centres for peer support and therapeutic activities.If more specialist hospital treatment is required, Mental Health Trusts will help with rehabilitation back into the community (social inclusion). Trusts may operate community mental health teams, which may include Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment, assertive outreach and early intervention services.
The Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Health Act 2007 and Mental Capacity Act 2005 cover the rights, assessment and treatment of people diagnosed with a mental disorder who are judged as requiring to be detained ("sectioned") or treated against their will. A Mental Health Trust will typically have a Mental Health Act team responsible for ensuring that the Act is administered correctly, including to protect the rights of inpatients, or of service users in the community who may now be under Community treatment orders. The Care Quality Commission is the body with overall national responsibility for inspecting and regulating the operation of the mental health act by the regional trusts.
These are the mental health trusts in the NHS in England (note that many have NHS Foundation Trust status - a type of trust that has more independence from government):
2gether NHS Foundation Trust5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation TrustAvon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS TrustBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS TrustBerkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustBirmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation TrustBradford District Care TrustCalderstones Partnership NHS Foundation TrustCambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation TrustCamden and Islington NHS Foundation TrustCentral and North West London NHS Foundation TrustCheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation TrustCornwall Partnership NHS Foundation TrustCoventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS TrustCumbria Partnership NHS Foundation TrustDerbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustDevon Partnership NHS TrustDorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation TrustDudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS TrustEast London NHS Foundation TrustGreater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation TrustHumber NHS Foundation TrustIsle of Wight NHS TrustKent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership TrustLancashire Care NHS Foundation TrustLeeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation TrustLeicestershire Partnership NHS TrustLincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation TrustManchester Mental Health and Social Care TrustMersey Care NHS TrustNorfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustNorth East London NHS Foundation TrustNorth Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustNorth Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS TrustNorthamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNorthumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation TrustNottinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustOxford Health NHS Foundation TrustOxleas NHS Foundation TrustPennine Care NHS Foundation TrustRotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation TrustSheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation TrustSomerset Partnership NHS Foundation TrustSouth Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustSouth London and Maudsley NHS Foundation TrustSouth Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustSouth West London and St George's Mental Health NHS TrustSouth West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation TrustSouthern Health NHS Foundation TrustSurrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation TrustSussex Partnership NHS Foundation TrustTavistock and Portman NHS Foundation TrustTees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS TrustWest London Mental Health NHS TrustWorcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
