Patricia Ferguson
23 Apr 2020 · Coroner Gordon Clow · Nottinghamshire & Nottingham
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of sufficient clinical psychologists per Community Mental Health Team
“The Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health's Guidance for Commissioners of Community Specialist Mental Health Services expresses an expectation that there would be more than one clinical psychologist for each Community Mental Health Team”
2. insufficient clinical psychologist staffing per team
“CMHTs in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire have a commissioned establishment of, at most, one clinical psychologist per team, with some teams having only a part time clinical psychologist post”