Mental health trust is first to introduce treatment model
change. Experiences are normalised in the context of stressful life events and thus become understood in a different way.”
Many issues the new scheme seeks to address have been identified as causes for concern by coroners and families.
Last January KMPT was advised by coroner Patricia Harding to inform families of ‘red flags’ to look out for after 32-yearold architect Joanna Bowring took her own life.
She stepped in front of a Eurostar train at Boxley in June 2015.
That year the mother of a schiz- ophrenic man who killed himself at Hildenborough train station hit out at the NHS for failings in the year leading up to his death.
Jayne Jensen criticised Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for not involving her and the rest of her son Joe’s family in his care.
An internal review carried out by the trust concluded families should be involved more after discharge to develop a fuller picture of individuals.
The trial of POD is expected to run for four years..