Elysium Healthcare is pleased to present the model of care for forensic mental health services across our organisation.
The document highlights our existing approach to care delivery whilst also providing a developmental blueprint for future service delivery. We have challenged ourselves to develop models of care which are co-produced, recovery-oriented and evidence-based and which place patients at the centre of all that we do.
Our shared goal is to make our forensic mental health services (FMHS,) centres of excellence that are trauma-informed, humane, culturally responsive, collaborative and effective in addressing mental health and offending needs.
Even prior to the COVID pandemic, our FMHS cared for the most vulnerable people in society including those with very diverse and complex social needs alongside multiple mental health needs. Often in their lives, they had experienced a lack of access to early, potentially preventative treatments from mental health services alongside inequitable opportunities to access education and employment.
We are committed to ensuring that our forensic services celebrate diversity and remove inequitable care, and that models of care are regularly re-evaluated in partnership with all stakeholders, especially those with lived experience. Our commitment to Quality Improvement provides a framework to achieve our ambitions. We would like to acknowledge all those that contributed to this document including our psychiatrists, psychologists, nursing staff, allied health professionals, and of course, the many people who have received care from across our services.