SEPT MAINTAINING ADHERENCE PROGRAMME SERVICE MOVE

South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has transferred its Maintaining Adherence Programme (MAP) service from the Taylor Centre, Queensway, Southend, to 112 – 114 Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea.

To commemorate the move, local MP for Rochford and Southend East James Duddridge will be present to unveil a picture representing the local area on display at the new location. The event will take place on Friday 21 June 2013 11:00 - 12:00.

SEPT has worked hard to ensure that clinical services re-located are maintained in central Southend. Over the last few months, staff and patients have been consulted on the proposed changes to service location and SEPT have written to all service users of clinical services previously provided at the Taylor Centre to advise them of the new arrangements.

The Maintaining Adherence Programme (MAP) is an exciting, innovative and successful disease-management model focusing on improving the treatment for people with schizophrenia, schizoaffective and bipolar disorders. Piloted and evaluated in partnership between SEPT and Janssen. MAP has delivered considerable reductions in hospital admissions and proved more efficient. Patients rate the programme exceptionally highly.

Patients are individually assessed for their risk of failing to observe their treatment programme; families and carers are involved and any approach is tailored to the patient.  The programme includes: group Psycho-education for patients/families, specialist support through tailored activities, telephone/text reminders, Shared Decision Making and quarterly reviews.

In recognition of the improvement to patients’ lives made by the Maintaining Adherence Programme, the service has been submitted for a national award for the Innovations in Mental Health category in this year’s prestigious Health Service Journal Awards.

Professor Patrick Geoghegan OBE, Chief Executive of SEPT said: “I’m delighted James Duddridge MP has taken time out of his busy diary to commemorate the move of the MAP service. SEPT is now able to bring together the skills and expertise of our new community staff with those of our mental health staff so that we can care for the physical and mental health needs of people in the most effective way using new technologies to assist the way we work in a modern NHS”.

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