About us

Thames Valley Specialised Children and Young People Mental Health Services Provider Collaborative is made up of several NHS organisations. We work together to improve mental health care for children and young people.

Led by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, the collaborative is working to make mental health care more local, connected, and efficient. This ensures young people get the support they need closer to home, in the most appropriate environment, and reduces the need for hospital stays.

With oversight for quality, safeguarding and governance within mental health care, our goal is to provide children and young people with high-quality specialist care closer to home. By connecting healthcare to their local community, linking up local services and support systems we enable the best possible care to be given.

By working together, we:

Invest in alternatives to hospital-based care, with highly specialised services available locally. For example, our Hospital at Home eating disorder team deliver a virtual service, providing intensive treatment for young people with eating disorders whilst allowing them to remain living at home with their families.

Reduce unnecessary inpatient stays. Phoenix House, our day hospital, enables young people to receive intensive treatment and support for their mental health along with continued education. As a day service, young people leave each evening to spend time with their family overnight. The success of Phoenix House means we are replicating this service in other geographies within our network.

Help people leave hospital and return to their home following inpatient care and when they are well enough. Our Case Managers work with hospital wards and partner agencies to ensure young people receive the necessary support and services to recover and avoid future hospitalisations.

Enhance the quality-of-care provided, leading to better outcomes for patients. Our strong partnerships mean together, we achieve improvements that might be difficult for individual providers to accomplish alone.

Aims

Through provider collaboratives, the way services are planned, funded and provided has changed. This is good news as it means young people using the service, and the staff delivering the care, in partnership, have greater involvement and influence.

Working together, we aim to:

Jointly commission high quality, seamless pathways for children and young people who may require specialised mental health care
Improve the provision of care closer to home through reduced out of area placements
Improve the clinical outcomes and reduced length of stay for children and young people
Improve the patient experience, making sure we involve people in service review design and review design, and listen to their views
Improve the quality of care and experience for young people and families
Work as a system, redesigning and investing in our services to fit the needs of young people and their families.