Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust | North East and Yorkshire

The Acute Community Service (ACS) is an innovative service development for Older Peoples Mental Health Services within Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust. The ACS offers a new solution to the demands upon inpatient beds by offering an intensive outpatient day program which facilitates safety, stabilisation and containment, improves coping skills, and restores functioning for older people during a mental health crisis. Clinical care is underpinned by a formulation-based approach to understanding service users’ needs, and provided via an MDT of Nursing, Psychology and Occupational Therapy

Nominated by: Emma Hardy MP