13 June 2023

CNWL is running sessions that will provide an overview of the consultation on the future of acute mental health care for residents of Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea, including progress to date, the current stage and the next steps. Additionally, we will be asking for feedback from participants on how to design the consultation process to be as inclusive as possible.

Background:

In March 2020, 51 beds at the Gordon (provided by CNWL) were temporarily closed to ensure safe staffing levels and rigorous Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures for patients and staff during the pandemic.

Following the temporary closure of the acute inpatient wards, CNWL is working with North West London ICB and with the boroughs affected by the changes, to deliver a public consultation to determine the future of inpatient wards at the site. This will include Brent due to the knock-on impact on the residents of Brent.

We are targeting late summer of 2023 for our final assurance gateway with NHS England and will launch the consultation following that. We are working with NWL ICB and NHS England to ensure a robust pre-consultation process that maximises engagement from local stakeholders, as well as testing our clinical model with the London Clinical Senate.

There will be one in-person staff, service user and carer session, as well as an online event for service users and carers.

The agenda and slides will be circulated in advance of the meeting.

Service users and carers can use the links below to register.

Service users and carers (online)

Staff, service users and carers (in-person)

Wednesday 12 July 2023, 9am – 10.30am