North London Forensic Collaborative
North London Forensic Collaborative
The North London Forensic Collaborative
Provider Collaboratives are partnerships that bring together two or more NHS trusts (public providers of NHS services including hospitals and mental health services) to work together at scale to benefit their populations.
The North London Forensic Collaborative is the largest specialist NHS mental health provider collaborative in England and represents a partnership between specialist forensic services within five NHS Trusts including:
- North London NHS Foundation Trust
- Central North-West London NHS Foundation Trust
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- North-East London NHS Foundation Trust
- West London NHS Trust
Our Trusts also work with The Priory Hospital Enfield, an Independent Provider
North London NHS Foundation Trust is the lead provider of North London Forensic Collaborative and has delegated responsibility from NHS England and Improvement to lead on the strategy, finance, quality assurance and improvement of forensic mental health services for people who originate from North London. These services are provided by the Commissioning Team which is a blend of clinical and non-clinical staff from the Trust provider organisations.
The North London Forensic Collaborative is responsible for the commissioning and delivery of low and medium male and female secure inpatient services, male secure inpatient care for those with a learning disability and autistic people, in addition to the commissioning and delivery of community forensic services.
Across the provider collaborative, there are approximately 700 low and medium secure and specialist learning disability and autism beds. The North London Forensic Collaborative also operates Specialist Community Forensic Teams and Community Forensic Learning Disability Teams covering all North London local authorities within the three integrated care systems in North London.
At the heart of our work, is a joint commitment to improving forensic mental health services in collaboration with patients, families, carers and staff. We achieve this through close working with our partners and their existing people participation forums, the North London Forensic Collaborative Patient Council and Peer Engagement Workers, and through developing closer links with the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector.
Our Governance Structure and Leadership
The Commissioning Team facilitates the collaborative governance structure. This includes a Partnership Board, led by North London NHS Foundation Trust as the lead contract holder, which is comprised of executive representatives from each of the five providers and representatives from each of the three Integrated Care Boards. The Partnership Board is responsible for supporting the North London Forensic Collaborative to achieve its strategic aims, whilst ensuring joint ownership and alignment of its objectives between the individual provider trusts.
The Board is supported by three sub-groups:
- Clinical and Quality Development Group - comprised of the clinical directors from each provider trust. This focuses on quality improvements and service developments and has oversight of seven clinical networks.
- Finance and Contract Group – provides stewardship of the population-based budget and ensures compliance with provider standing financial instructions.
- Patient Council - consists of inpatients from adult secure services in each of the five provider trusts who represent the voices of service users, and are supported to work with staff to co-design service improvements and increase their skills and confidence by achieving change.
Our Vision, Strategic Aims and Objectives
Our Vision
To continuously improve patient outcomes and enhance patient experience, alongside that of their carers’ and our staff, by working as a fully integrated, holistic system and making best use of our combined resources.
Our Strategic Aims and Objectives
Our Population
Our forensic mental health services are provided for people:
- with a mental health disorder, including neurodevelopmental disorders
- who pose, or have posed, risks to others
- where a risk is usually related to their mental health disorder
- who may have Ministry of Justice restrictions imposed
People accessing our services may have varying mental health disorders, specialist rehabilitation needs and may come to our services from courts and prisons to be placed in our secure forensic hospitals. This also includes provision for people with a learning disability and autistic people, that fall within the auspices of eligibility for forensic mental health services.
Contact us
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