New ways of working in learning disability and autism services
As part of further enhancing the support we provide people with a learning disability and/or autistic people, the Trust are bringing together two teams to provide an enhanced level of service for those in crisis.
Following engagement with the team and those who use these services, the Trust’s Community Home Assessment and Treatment Team (CHAT) and the Transforming Care Liaison Service (TCLS) will now merge under the new Enhanced Support and Liaison Service and provide seven days a week support between 8am and 8pm for people at risk of placement breakdown and/or hospital admission.
The team will also support people to access psychiatry, psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy to help tackle any specific issues they may have, or liaise with mainstream mental health services to support with reasonable adjustments and timely discharge.
By combining the two existing teams the Trust have been able to combine the skills , knowledge and expertise of both teams and provide a more robust and bespoke offer for autistic people or those with a learning disability who may be experiencing a crisis in their mental health.
It also allows the team to have more people available seven days a week to be able to support even more people.
Thank you to everyone who contributed their feedback in our engagement process and we look forward to this new approach being embedded.
Thank you for helping develop our future courses
Your feedback and suggestions for new sessions have had the Lincolnshire Recovery College team working extremely hard over the last few months to help turn your suggestions into reality. The team has facilitated several co-production groups to work together to create brand-new sessions to add to the College’s offer.
We are extremely proud that all these new sessions have been created by people who have experience and expertise about the topics being explored; whether that is lived experience or experience from working in that area. At the College we provide the opportunity for people to come together and share their ideas, voice what is important to them and explore how to produce sessions to support people’s mental health and wellbeing.
Before any new session is launched it is agreed and signed off by the co-production group. Working together and sharing the decision making helps us to ensure that the final sessions that are created meet the learning needs of those who will then attend as students.
Together with those who kindly invest their time, skills, compassion, and energy, we create sessions that are educational and recovery focused. All sessions have key objectives for people to learn and take away and include self-management ideas and strategies for people to explore, as well as helpful signposting and support.
We would like to extend a massive thank you to all those that have been involved in the co-production groups. We could not, and would not want to, do this without you.
Coming in the new year are the following courses:
- Understanding co-production
- Life after a suicide attempt
- PWR plans - Personal Wellbeing and Recovery plans
- ADHD - title to be confirmed
- Assertiveness, boundaries, and confidence (ABC) - title to be confirmed
- Eating disorders – title to be confirmed
The Recovery College is open to anyone who is 16 and over in the Lincolnshire area. No referral, tests or assessments are needed and the courses are free and can be accessed across the county in person or via our online offer.
Have a look at what we offer, choose what you would like to learn about and how you would like to learn, complete the short online registration form (or telephone us and we can support you with completing it) and start learning with us today. Visit the Recovery College webpage for more information.
Preventing suicide in Lincolnshire
1 in 5 people in England will think about suicide in their lifetime. In Lincolnshire, between 80 and 90 people die by suicide every year.
Every suicide is a tragedy and can devastate family, friends, and the wider community. Every suicide affects up to 135 people- around 11,000 people every year in Lincolnshire. Many of us will be touched by suicide at some point during our lives.
Visit the new ‘Preventing Suicide in Lincolnshire’ support page for more useful information and resources.
If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts and you feel their life is in immediate danger dial 999. Alternatively, you can call 111 and choose the mental health option for urgent mental health support. The person you are worried about does not need to make the phone call – you can call on their behalf.
Our 24/7 Mental Health Helpline and Here4You advice line for children, young people and their families, are open for emotional support and less urgent signposting.
Change NHS: Helping shape a health service fit for the future
The NHS has launched the biggest ever public conversation about the future of our health service.
It's your NHS and we want to hear from you so we can build a health service that's truly fit for the future. We can't do this without you. Please get involved now by visiting Change NHS and sharing your views.
Call NHS 111 if you are experiencing a mental health crisis
If you are experiencing something that makes you feel unsafe, distressed, or worried about your mental health, you can now call NHS 111 and select option 2, the mental health option.
The phone will be answered by local, specially trained mental health staff in our Lincolnshire 111 Mental Health Team, who will be able to listen to your concerns and help you get the support you need.
The service is for all ages, including children and young people, and those with neurodevelopmental needs.
The local 24/7 helplines remain in place for emotional support and less urgent signposting.
If people have physically harmed themselves, or if their life is at risk, then they should continue to call 999 or go to A&E. For more information and support, visit www.lpft.nhs.uk/contact-us/need-help-now
Volunteers support inter-ward activities at Discovery House
Recently, volunteers have been busy supporting the Occupational Therapy Team with inter-ward activities at Discovery House in Lincoln.
To support Remembrance Sunday, the inter-ward group created poppy wreaths, using recycled materials and crocheted poppies and to celebrate the festive season, volunteers have also supported the group to make some beautiful earrings – perfect for adding a little sparkle to any occasion.
Volunteer of the Year revealed at Team LPFT Values Awards
Congratulations to all LPFT volunteers who were nominated and shortlisted for the Team LPFT Values Awards this year.
The awards, held on 11 October at Lincolnshire Showground, were an opportunity to celebrate our colleagues and volunteers that went the extra mile to help provide excellent care and support this year.
A massive congratulations to Karen Broughton and Tracy Sutherland, the 2024 joint winners of the Volunteer of the Year Award!
Karen and Tracy work collaboratively with Spring Lodge staff and the Lincolnshire Recovery College team and have been instrumental in co-producing and setting up the course ‘Self-care after sexual trauma’ at the College. In driving this project forward, they have given up their own time and remained enthusiastic and committed to helping others.
Are you interested in volunteering with us? Check out our website for current opportunities or email our Volunteer Services Co-ordinator for more information at lpft.volunteerservices@nhs.net.
Help shape mental health research in Lincolnshire
We’re inviting you to take part in an important survey to help shape the future of mental health research in Lincolnshire.
Whether you’ve experienced mental health challenges, supported someone who has, or are simply passionate about mental health and wellbeing, your insights are invaluable. We are supporting the project to ensure as many different perspectives as possible are represented in the survey responses.
Your voice will help us identify the key priorities for mental health research, ensuring that future studies focus on what matters most to our community. By sharing your experiences and questions, you’ll contribute directly to improving services and support for all in the region.
The short online survey only takes around 10 minutes to complete and your responses will remain anonymous.
Anyone living and/or working in Lincolnshire with personal and/or professional experience with mental health are encouraged to get involved – this includes carers, volunteers, those interested in mental health and wellbeing, and professionals working in fields related to mental health.
Your input will help ensure that mental health research in Lincolnshire is grounded in the real needs and experiences of people like you. Together, we can make a lasting impact on the future of mental health support in our community.
Click here to complete the survey now.
You can learn more about the Guiding Lincolnshire’s Mental Health Research (GLiMHR) study on this webpage.
Staff to put their best feet forward in new charity challenge
Lincolnshire NHS Charity have some really exciting fundraising events coming up in the new year, not least their big endurance challenge in May 2025, where a large group of LPFT and LCHS staff will be braving the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge!
The Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge is a circular walk which encompasses three major peaks in the Yorkshire Dales - Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside, and Ingleborough, the best-known hills in the area.
A huge thank you to everyone who has signed up to take part. We look forward to updating readers on how the event goes!
You can donate to the challenge here.
To learn more about the Lincolnshire NHS Charity and how you can get involved, visit www.lincolnshirenhscharity.org.uk.
You can also keep up to date with what’s happening by following the charity on social media - @lincsnhscharity on X, ‘Lincolnshire NHS Charity’ on Facebook and @LincolnshireNHSCharity on Instagram.
Be sure to keep a close eye on their socials for their Christmas advent calendar this month!
New ways of working in learning disability and autism services
As part of further enhancing the support we provide people with a learning disability and/or autistic people, the Trust are bringing together two teams to provide an enhanced level of service for those in crisis.
Following engagement with the team and those who use these services, the Trust’s Community Home Assessment and Treatment Team (CHAT) and the Transforming Care Liaison Service (TCLS) will now merge under the new Enhanced Support and Liaison Service and provide seven days a week support between 8am and 8pm for people at risk of placement breakdown and/or hospital admission.
The team will also support people to access to psychiatry, psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy to help tackle any specific issues they may have, or liaise with mainstream mental health services to support with reasonable adjustments and timely discharge.
By combining the two existing teams the Trust have been able to combine the skills , knowledge and expertise of both teams and provide a more robust and bespoke offer for autistic people or those with a learning disability who may be experiencing a crisis in their mental health.
It also allows the team to have more people available seven days a week to be able to support even more people.
Thank you to everyone who contributed their feedback in our engagement process and we look forward to this new approach being embedded.
Thank you for helping develop our future courses
Your feedback and suggestions for new sessions have had the Lincolnshire Recovery College team working extremely hard over the last few months to help turn your suggestions into reality. The team has facilitated several co-production groups to work together to create brand-new sessions to add to the College’s offer.
We are extremely proud that all these new sessions have been created by people who have experience and expertise about the topics being explored; whether that is lived experience or experience from working in that area. At the College we provide the opportunity for people to come together and share their ideas, voice what is important to them and explore how to produce sessions to support people’s mental health and wellbeing.
Before any new session is launched it is agreed and signed off by the co-production group. Working together and sharing the decision making helps us to ensure that the final sessions that are created meet the learning needs of those who will then attend as students.
Together with those who kindly invest their time, skills, compassion, and energy, we create sessions that are educational and recovery focused. All sessions have key objectives for people to learn and take away and include self-management ideas and strategies for people to explore, as well as helpful signposting and support.
We would like to extend a massive thank you to all those that have been involved in the co-production groups. We could not, and would not want to, do this without you.
Coming in the new year are the following courses:
· Understanding co-production
· Life after a suicide attempt
· PWR plans - Personal Wellbeing and Recovery plans
· ADHD - title to be confirmed
· Assertiveness, boundaries, and confidence (ABC) - title to be confirmed
· Eating disorders – title to be confirmed
The Recovery College is open to anyone who is 16 and over in the Lincolnshire area. No referral, tests or assessments are needed and the courses are free and can be accessed across the county in person or via our online offer.
Have a look at what we offer, choose what you would like to learn about and how you would like to learn, complete the short online registration form (or telephone us and we can support you with completing it) and start learning with us today. Visit Recovery College for more information.
Preventing suicide in Lincolnshire
1 in 5 people in England will think about suicide in their lifetime. In Lincolnshire, between 80 and 90 people die by suicide every year.
Every suicide is a tragedy and can devastate family, friends, and the wider community. Every suicide affects up to 135 people- around 11,000 people every year in Lincolnshire. Many of us will be touched by suicide at some point during our lives. Visit the new ‘Preventing Suicide in Lincolnshire’ support page for more useful information and resources.
If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts and you feel their life is in immediate danger dial 999. Alternatively, you can call 111 and choose the mental health option for urgent mental health support. The person you are worried about does not need to make the phone call – you can call on their behalf. Our 24/7 Mental Health Helpline and Here4You advice line for children, young people and their families, are open for emotional support and less urgent signposting.
Change NHS: Helping shape a health service fit for the future
The NHS has launched the biggest ever public conversation about the future of our health service.
It's your NHS and we want to hear from you so we can build a health service that's truly fit for the future. We can't do this without you. Please get involved now by visiting Change NHS and sharing your views.
Call NHS 111 if you are experiencing a mental health crisis
If you are experiencing something that makes you feel unsafe, distressed, or worried about your mental health, you can now call NHS 111 and select option 2, the mental health option.
The phone will be answered by local, specially trained mental health staff in our Lincolnshire 111 Mental Health Team, who will be able to listen to your concerns and help you get the support you need.
The service is for all ages, including children and young people, and those with neurodevelopmental needs.
The local 24/7 helplines remain in place for emotional support and less urgent signposting.
If people have physically harmed themselves, or if their life is at risk, then they should continue to call 999 or go to A&E. For more information and support, visit www.lpft.nhs.uk/contact-us/need-help-now
Volunteers support inter-ward activities at Discovery House
Recently, volunteers have been busy supporting the Occupational Therapy Team with inter-ward activities at Discovery House in Lincoln.
To support Remembrance Sunday, the inter-ward group created poppy wreaths, using recycled materials and crocheted poppies and to celebrate the festive season, volunteers have also supported the group to make some beautiful earrings – perfect for adding a little sparkle to any occasion.
Volunteer of the Year revealed at Team LPFT Values Awards
Congratulations to all LPFT volunteers who were nominated and shortlisted for the Team LPFT Values Awards this year.
The awards, held on 11 October at Lincolnshire Showground, were an opportunity to celebrate our colleagues and volunteers that went the extra mile to help provide excellent care and support this year.
A massive congratulations to Karen Broughton and Tracy Sutherland, the 2024 joint winners of the Volunteer of the Year Award!
Karen and Tracy work collaboratively with Spring Lodge staff and the Lincolnshire Recovery College team and have been instrumental in co-producing and setting up the course ‘Self-care after sexual trauma’ at the College. In driving this project forward, they have given up their own time and remained enthusiastic and committed to helping others.
Are you interested in volunteering with us? Check out our website for current opportunities or email our Volunteer Services Co-ordinator for more information at lpft.volunteerservices@nhs.net.
Help shape mental health research in Lincolnshire
We’re inviting you to take part in an important survey to help shape the future of mental health research in Lincolnshire.
Whether you’ve experienced mental health challenges, supported someone who has, or are simply passionate about mental health and wellbeing, your insights are invaluable. We are supporting the project to ensure as many different perspectives as possible are represented in the survey responses.
Your voice will help us identify the key priorities for mental health research, ensuring that future studies focus on what matters most to our community. By sharing your experiences and questions, you’ll contribute directly to improving services and support for all in the region. The short online survey only takes around 10 minutes to complete and your responses will remain anonymous.
Anyone living and/or working in Lincolnshire with personal and/or professional experience with mental health are encouraged to get involved – this includes carers, volunteers, those interested in mental health and wellbeing, and professionals working in fields related to mental health.
Your input will help ensure that mental health research in Lincolnshire is grounded in the real needs and experiences of people like you. Together, we can make a lasting impact on the future of mental health support in our community. Click here to complete the survey now.
You can learn more about the Guiding Lincolnshire’s Mental Health Research (GLiMHR) study on this webpage.
Staff to put their best feet forward in new charity challenge
Lincolnshire NHS Charity have some really exciting fundraising events coming up in the new year, not least their big endurance challenge in May 2025, where a large group of LPFT and LCHS staff will be braving the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge!
The Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge is a circular walk which encompasses three major peaks in the Yorkshire Dales - Pen-Y-Ghent, Whernside, and Ingleborough, the best-known hills in the area.
A huge thank you to everyone who has signed up to take part. We look forward to updating readers on how the event goes!
To learn more about the Lincolnshire NHS Charity and how you can get involved, visit www.lincolnshirenhscharity.org.uk.
You can also keep up to date with what’s happening by following the charity on social media - @lincsnhscharity on X, ‘Lincolnshire NHS Charity’ on Facebook and @LincolnshireNHSCharity on Instagram.
Be sure to keep a close eye on their socials for their Christmas advent calendar this month!
