Surrey And Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health

Surrey, North East Hampshire, Brighton and Croydon have community health, mental health and learning disability services provided by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Serving a population of approximately 1.3 million people the trust offers a wide range of services to residents in its area. In particular, the trust offers mental health inpatient care where community care is not appropriate, a residential learning disability care service and a drug and alcohol misuse service. In addition the trust provides support via its Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Service where it is thought that people in custody may be suffering from mental health problems.

Figures for this Trust

  • Number of Patient Safety Incidents & harm caused
    April 2020 to March 2021
    • Death
      86
    • Severe
      11
    • Moderate
      80
    • Low
      996
    • None
      2,531
    Total 3,704
  • Top 3 categories of Patient Safety Incident
    April 2020 to March 2021
    1. Self-harming behaviour
    2. All other categories
    3. Access, admission, transfer, discharge (including missing patient)

  • Percentage of total
    beds occupied overnight
    October to December 2023
    Percentage of total beds occupied overnight
    90.7%

  • Number of mixed sex
    accommodation breaches
    January 2024
    Number of mixed sex accommodation breaches
    0
  • Percentage of patients followed up within 7 days of mental health discharge
    October to December 2019
    Percentage of patients followed up within 7 days of mental health discharge
    92.0%

  • Number of Never Events and number by category
    Number of Never Events and
    number by category
    1 April 2021 to 31 August 2021
    0
  • Wrong site surgery - 0
  • Retained foreign object post procedure - 0
  • Wrong implant/prosthesis - 0
  • Misplaced naso- or orogastric tubes - 0
  • Overdose of insulin due to abbreviations or incorrect device - 0
  • Administration of medication by the wrong route - 0
  • Overdose of methotrexate for non cancer treatment - 0
  • Failure to install functional collapsible shower or curtain rails - 0
  • Transfusion or transplantation of ABO incompatible blood components or organs - 0
  • Unintentional connection of a patient requiring O2 to an air flowmeter - 0
  • Misselection of high strength midazolam - 0
  • Misselection of a strong potassium solution - 0
  • Falls from poorly restricted windows - 0
  • Chest or neck entrapment in bed rails - 0
  • Scalding of patients - 0