Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School has maintained its Outstanding rating following an OFSTED inspection in November 2021.

The school caters for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs who use services at the Bethlem and Maudsley hospitals. This was the first inspection since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

The report found the school has very high expectations for pupils, including for their behaviour, and said families and pupils very much appreciate the work of staff. Inspectors also praised the consistency and stability that the school provides at a key moment in their lives.

John Ivens, Executive Headteacher, Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School, said: “This is the third ‘Outstanding’, inspection that the school has had in a row. The result is a testament to how the staff and the students work together – finding a path to a happier future.”

David Bradley, Chief Executive, said: “Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School and the staff who work there are a real asset to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

“I would like to pass on my congratulations to the school’s leaders who have been praised in the report for their excellent subject knowledge and the stability the school provides at this significant moment for pupils.”

The Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People is set to open its doors in 2023. It will be the new home to the Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School.

A new housing development on De Crespigny Park in Southwark took a step closer last night after Southwark Council’s Planning Committee voted in favour of the scheme. The plans include the construction of 187 new homes and a nursery.

Part of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust’s ambitious modernisation plans, the new homes will be built on surplus land on the edge of the Trust’s Denmark Hill campus.

The land is currently occupied by buildings used by the Trust’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) which will be moving to the new £65m Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People currently under construction in Denmark Hill.

The existing buildings (Mapother House, Michael Rutter Centre and Professorial Buildings) are no longer fit to provide high-quality modern mental health care.

When the Pears Maudsley Centre opens its doors in 2023, it will be a world-leading centre for children and young people’s mental health, bringing together clinicians from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust with researchers from King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience to work alongside each other and develop new innovations in care.

The approved modernisation plans, will see the surplus land redeveloped to provide much needed new homes in the heart of Camberwell. The 187 new homes have been designed to be in keeping with the area and meet the needs of families, couples and single people.

Fifty per cent of the new homes will be affordable and 70 per cent of those will be available at social rents. A car free development, it will create an attractive public realm and will improve pedestrian and cycle networks locally.

The development will help fund improved mental health services and forms part of the Trust’s ambitious plans to invest more than £140 million in modern new services and facilities to improve patient care and experience for local people.

Chief Executive, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, David Bradley, said:

“Southwark Council’s decision helps to ensure we can provide modern facilities fit for the highest standards of 21st century mental health care.

 

“We also take our responsibility as an anchor institution very seriously and the 50 per cent affordable housing at the heart of these plans will be a significant boost for families and individuals in need of high-quality homes in Southwark.”

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is helping sixth formers manage their anxiety and boost their motivation as they take part in a unique A-Level assessment following a challenging 15 months.

Psychologists from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust are continuing to deliver the DISCOVER programme of preventive mental health and wellbeing support they have provided to sixth formers for five years. Early intervention is proven to reduce mental health problems in adulthood.

Find out more: https://slam.nhs.uk/pressreleases/trust-adapts-mental-health-programme-for-sixth-formers-facing-pandemic-challenges-654

The animation was created by a multidisciplinary team at the NIHR Maudsley BRC to demonstrate the process of data linkage and the benefits for researchers.

Data linkage is the joining of two or more independent databases that share a variable at an individual record level – for example, a patient unique NHS number across different records from different sources. The linkage helps improve the quality of information and allows researchers to look at patient’s healthcare in more detail to extract essential data for relevant research. Even though datasets are linked based on their unique identifier, these are all removed and anonymised before being used in research. The animation was produced as a useful tool in Patient and Public Involvement and for other organisations performing data linkage.

For this animation, the team worked with patient advisory groups including the Young People’s Mental Health Advisory Group (YPMHAG) and the Data Linkage Service User and Carer Advisory Group. The video was designed by a multidisciplinary steering group consisting of members of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust CRIS team, researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London and mental health service users in collaboration with Really Bright Media.

Find out more https://www.maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/posts/2020/july/data-linkages-animation-explores-the-evolution-of-healthcare-records-in-research/