1. Transforming health services for homeless people
St Petroc’s Society
Cornwall

2. Director of Operations Frank Voges Assistant Director of Operations
Richard Bryant
Director of Operations
Frank Voges
Assistant Director of Operations
Residential Services

3. Context - Hospital ranked 2nd worst performing hospital in the UK
- Unitary Authority need to make savings of £194 million in next 3 years
- New Foundation trust created in April 2016 taking over all mental health and community hospitals
- No Joint commissioning
- Consistently in the top 5 for rough sleepers in the UK
- Access to services due to geographical constraints

4. Cornwall’s model
- Successfully bid to Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund 2013/14 - £149,000
- Partners included – RCHT, NHS Kernow, Shelter, Public Health, Coastline Housing, Inclusion Cornwall and CFMHT
- 2 key aspects -
Protocol and Awareness/Training
Accommodation

5. Protocol & awareness/training
- Originally 6 month project with further 2 month evaluation
- Provide a protocol across both RCHT and Acute Mental Health Wards to facilitate safe discharge and reduce bed blocking
- Provide training to hospital worker, homelessness officers, partner agencies to promote awareness of protocol
- Hospital Homeless Patient Advisor - extended until the 31st March 2017

6. Protocol & awareness/training

7. Accommodation - 6 units of accommodation for 2 years
- Short term 6 week intervention / support to stabilise client
- Co – ordinated support / care plan with move on