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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES BY DEPUTY S.Y. MÉZEC OF ST. HELIER

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 28th APRIL 2015

Question

Will the Minister set out for members a diagram showing the organization of the Children's and Adult Mental Health Service and explain what personnel changes (resignations, retirements, interdepartmental movements within the health service and the wider States) have taken place over the last year?

Will he further state –

  1. how many psychiatrists/psychologists are employed by the department, their qualifications and length of service in these capacities in Jersey and, as a separate figure, elsewhere;
  2. the number of locums who have been employed in this area over the last five years and the length of time they stayed in the Island and whether their performance was deemed to be satisfactory by the department?

Answer

Structure chart showing organisation of the Children's and Adult Mental Health Service

Managing Director Community & Social Services

Lead  Director  Clinical  Director  Director Manager  Adult  Director  Older Adult  Children's

Therapies  Services  (Psychiatrist)  Services  Services

Head of Director of  Service

Counselling &  Head of  Head of  Head of  Specialist Psychotherapy  Head of  Service  Nursing  Service  Support

for States of  Service  Working  Services  Community  Including Jersey  Alcohol &  Age  in-patient  Mental  CAMHS Drug  Mental  Mental  Health &

Health  Health  Social Work

Information on personnel changes that have taken place over the last year Over the last year, there have been ten new starters and ten leavers.

Reasons for leaving included returning to the UK, the end of a fixed-term contract, retirement and dismissal.

  1. How many psychiatrists/psychologists are employed by the department, their qualifications and length of service in these capacities in Jersey and as a separate figure elsewhere?

14 psychiatrists are employed by the department.

As appropriate, they hold the MBChB degree (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery), MRCS (Membership of the Royal College of Surgery– postgraduate diploma) and or LRCP (Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians – postgraduate diploma).

Length of service in Jersey is as follows: three staff have worked here for up to three years; five for between three and ten years; and six for ten years or more.

14 psychologists are employed by the department.

As appropriate, clinical and counselling psychologists hold a doctorate in clinical or counselling psychology, are members of the British Psychological Society and are registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council.

Length of service in Jersey is as follows: two staff have worked here for up to three years; seven for between three and ten years; and five for ten years or more.

It is not possible to track the length of service of members of staff prior to their employment by the department.

  1. the number of locums who have been employed in this area over the last five years and the length of time they stayed in the Island and whether their performance was deemed to be satisfactory by the department?

Over the last five years, six locums have been employed in this area for a total of 403 days. In every case, their performance was deemed to be satisfactory by the department.