ACUTE mental health services for inpatients on the NHS in the Portsmouth area are good, according to a national survey.
Services provided by Portsmouth City Teaching Primary Care Trust and Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust are among 28 per cent nationally to receive the ranking in the review published today by the Healthcare Commission.
But results of the largest-eve
r review of acute inpatient mental health services carried out by the health watchdog show there is still room for improvement.
Both Portsmouth and Hampshire Partnership are ranked weak for involving patients and carers in decisions about care and treatment. Portsmouth was also classed as weak for promoting safety, but got an excellent score for promoting a positive therapeutic environment.
The organisations were ranked good for providing effective 'care pathways' for patients and caring for individuals, and for providing individual care and support.
Matthew Hall, associate director for adult mental health services at Portsmouth Primary Care Trust, said: 'Most of the areas the Healthcare Commission highlighted for improvement we were already aware of and had addressed by the time of publication of the final report.
'We have produced an action plan to address areas where we would like to do better, and fully expect to have met them by April 2009.'
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