{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust works alongside schools, local hospitals, GP practices, social services and other local authority departments such as housing and education, as well as working with voluntary organisations and local community groups, to provide care and support through three directorates:"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Mental health services"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Families, Young People, Children’s and Learning Disability and Autism Services and"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Community Health Services"}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Leicestershire Partnership Trust Data Projects"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Leicestershire Partnerships NHS Trust (LPT) provides NHS support and care spanning adult mental health, community health services, families, young people and children’s services as well as learning disabilities services across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"In addition, LPT was the original host organisation for East Midlands Secure Data Environment (SDE), which forms part of the interoperable national NHS SDE network."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Since 1 February 2026, East Midlands SDE and East of England SDE have been operating as a single, unified Eastern England SDE under a common operating and governance arrangement."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Whilst the Eastern England SDE will take on new research projects on behalf of the East Midlands region, the two, existing East Midlands SDE projects have been been excluded from the scope of the merger and accountability for them will remain under LPT, where they will be managed and complete their lifespans, outside of the national SDE network."}]}]}
