Fettle House is a rehabilitation service provided by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The house is designed to care for people with severe and enduring mental health needs. It is an open setting ward with 18 beds for men and women, and is for people admitted informally, as well as those detained under the Mental Health Act. The service’s ethos concentrates on inclusion and empowering people, and supporting the person to achieve their desired discharge plan.
Fettle House is a rehabilitation service provided by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The house is designed to care for people with severe and enduring mental health needs. It is an open setting ward with 18 beds for men and women, and is for people admitted informally, as well as those detained under the Mental Health Act. The service’s ethos concentrates on inclusion and empowering people, and supporting the person to achieve their desired discharge plan.
The team is multidisciplinary and comprise psychologists, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, art psychotherapists, healthcare assistants, pharmacists and administrative staff. Staff receive core training programmes, which include physical health observations, safeguarding, learning disabilities, clinical risk, legislation and policy. Each person has their own dedicated care team composed of a primary and secondary care nurse, two healthcare assistants, an occupational therapist and a social inclusion worker.
The occupational therapy component of this service enables the team to offer activity groups at a minimum of twice a day. The team is also able to provide activities based on the individual’s interests, needs and recovery goals.
Care is tailored to each individual person and the team place a strong emphasis on making sure people are being listened to and heard. Fettle House encourages people to participate in ‘interest groups’ and complete surveys, where feedback to improve the quality of service can be given. Other methods of increasing patient and staff involvement are through the Safe Wards programme and the Productive Ward and Patient Safety Involvement initiative. In addition, there is a strong focus on engaging with carers.
The team has been commended by the Care Quality Commission and NHS Improvement for its unique self-medication process, which was developed in collaboration with the pharmacy team. The team focuses on educating individuals about their medication and the role it plays in their recovery so that they can take control of their own medication.
