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NHS No: 434 096 1671
109 Burncroft Avenue, Enfield,
Middlesex, EN3 7JQ
I write to inform you that the above-named
gentleman has been accepted onto the caseload of
the Enfield Early Intervention in Psychosis
Service (EIS), and I am his Care Coordinator.
The EIS work with service users and their families
for up to three years for those aged between 1835
years of age, experiencing their first episode of
psychosis, or those who are in the first three years
of psychotic illness, living in Enfield.
The EIS offers treatment including:
1 Administration of anti-psychotic
medicines
2 Psychological interventions
including Cognitive Behaviour
Therapy for psychosis and
emotional problems, such as
depression and anxiety
3 Family interventions
4 Vocational recovery
5 Relapse prevention &
management
6 A harm minimisation approach to
substance misuse
7 Care Coordination
8 1Social recovery activities
New service users are usually seen weekly to
assist with engagement with the service and to
help formulate care plans. The frequency of
contact may extend over time depending on the
service user’s needs, the nature of their illness and
other factors such as work and studies.
We are required by the Care Quality Commission
(CQC) to maintain a record of health care checks
made by GP’s of mentally ill patients on their
register.
Mentally ill people have increased morbidity and
mortality compared with the general population.
Many of them have unhealthy lifestyles resulting
in poor physical health and increased mortality
due to common life-threatening conditions and
physical ill health. Risk factors, particularly
Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease and diabetes should be
identified and managed according to the relevant
guidance through primary care settings.
Chairman: Michael Fox