Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust...

CNTW is one of the largest mental health and disability trusts in England. It provides mental health, learning disability and neurological care for people across the north of England as well as some national specialist services. 

The Trust was rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission in 2016, one of the first mental health Trusts in the country to achieve this. In 2018 and 2023 the Trust was awarded this rating again.

New Care Models, which were established as pilots, are now in their final stages of operation. This has led to the emergence of Provider Collaboratives in the mental sector across the country. In the North East and Cumbria, this will mean a shift from two CAMHS New Care Models (one at CNTW and one at TEWV) to a single CAMHS Provider Collaborative with the same geography as the ICS.

CNTW is the lead provider in this collaborative, building on its work as a New Care Model pilot site over the last three years. The approach sees CNTW take responsibility for the tertiary commissioning budget and challenges the Trust to innovate and transform services in the best interests of service users and their carers and families.

This New Care Model approach was able to develop services that led to an avoidance of over 2,200 out of area (OOA) bed days (when young people receive inpatient care outside of the Trust localities). In total, this has avoided 4,000 ‘bed days’ per year and in so doing, saved £3.5m per year for reinvestment into local services with a community focus.

CQC rating = Outstanding

Visit Trust website: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust