Request 1

Do you employ a mental health lead?

Response 1

Mental Health Clinical Lead & Head of Adult Mental Health Commissioning

Request 2

Spending on mental health (total)

1. What was the total amount (£) allocated to mental health trusts?
2. What was the total amount of money spent (£) on mental health services by your CCG?

Response 2

1. £30,478,404
2. £36,628,643

Request 3

Adult mental health: Acute hospital liaison

1. Do you commission A&E and Ward liaison teams to operate 24/7? Are such liaison teams universally included in contracts for the provision of acute hospital services?

Response 3

Yes. In 18/19 Rotherham CCG is working with both the Mental Health and Acute Trust to develop a Core 24 compliant liaison service based in the local Acute Trust.

Request 4

Adult mental health: Crisis and acute care and suicide prevention

1. Do you commission a crisis resolution home treatment (CRHT) as an alternative to acute in-patient admission? Does this service operate 24/7?
2. Response times

Response 4

1. Yes, RCCG commissions a CRHT that operated 24/7
2. Response time - Urgent A+E is a 1 hour response and urgent crisis within 4 hours

Request 5

Children’s and young people’s (CYP) mental health

1. Do you involve CYP and parents/carers in commissioning and service design for CYP?
2. Do you commission specialist treatment for CYP with eating disorders?
3. What is the proportion of CYP with eating disorders seen within 1 week (urgent) and 4 weeks (routine)?

Response 5

1. Yes. RDaSH CAMHS have a patient participation process which involves ongoing

      feedback on services.  The CCG also commissions the Rotherham Parent Carers Forum to

      provide a family Peer Support Service.

1. Yes, along with Doncaster and North Lincs CCGs, the CCG commissions a specialist ‘Hub

      & Spoke’ model service.

1. 100% of CYP are seen within the urgent and routine target periods.

Request 6

Perinatal mental health

1. Do you commission specialist perinatal mental health services? If so, what was the total amount (£) and total amount spent on perinatal mental health services?
2. Do you have a strategy for providing perinatal mental health services?

Response 6

1. Yes the CCG does commission a specialist perinatal mental health service. Total amount spent is £100k
2. Rotherham is currently working with colleagues from across the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ISC to develop a strategy for the delivery of perinatal mental health across the footprint area.

Request 7

Mental health of older persons

1. Do you commission tailored, community based, physical or other activity programmes for older persons?

Response 7

The RCCG does not collate this information, however, you may wish to contact Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust Freedom of Information Department at rdash.foirdash@nhs.net. Please insert Freedom of Information in the subject line.