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Evaluation of the Belhaven service: research report
- Authors:
- BOXFORD Stephen, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 48
- Place of publication:
- London
An evaluation of the Belhaven residential care project, which provides mental health treatment in a local residential care home to reduce the risk of referral to mental health inpatient services (CAMHS) and breakdown of educational and care arrangements for young people. Referrals to the service come from young people’s social workers at Suffolk County Council. During the evaluation period 5 young people accessed Belhaven services. Due to the small numbers of children accessing the service, the report does not provide conclusions about the effectiveness of the services, but looks at its impact to date and progress concerning its implementation. The evaluation found evidence that the service led to fewer episodes of hospitalisation for 3 young people, and to avoidance of admission to CAMHS inpatient service in at least one case; positive outcomes in relation to education; positive improvements in mental and emotional health and wellbeing; and improved relationships with family and friends for some young people. The report makes recommendations for the future development of the service. (Edited publisher abstract)
The performance of the NHS in England in transforming children's mental health services
- Author:
- FRITH Emily
- Publisher:
- Education Policy Institute
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 27
- Place of publication:
- London
This report analyses data from NHS England’s new Mental Health Five Year Forward View Dashboard to examine the progress made by the Government in improving children and young people’s mental health services (CAMHS). It analyses data from the second Quarter Dashboard report, covering the period from July to September 2016. It assess performance at Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) level, variation in overall performance on funding, inpatient services, crisis care across the country, and planned spending on eating disorders. It highlights areas of best practice and those performing poorly. The findings show that almost three quarters of CCGs failed to meet NHS England’s own benchmark for improving services. Across England, less than a third of CCGs had a fully funded plan to improve crisis care, with one in nine CCGs having no agreed plan or funding set out. It also found an increase in the number of children being treated in adult wards since the previous quarter, and wide variation between CCG’s planned spending per head. The report highlights four priority areas for improvement, which include: for CCG to have a clear and funded plan to improve crisis care; reducing the number of children being treated in adult wards; and addressing the variation in planned spending on child and adolescent mental health services across the country. (Edited publisher abstract)
A scoping review of care received by young people aged 16-25 when admitted to adult mental health hospital wards
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Public Mental Health, 15(4), 2016, pp.216-228.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent, range and nature of literature concerning the mental health inpatient care of the young adult population (16-25 years) who have been admitted to adult mental health wards. This paper reports the findings and positions these in the context of the broader nature to adult inpatient care, evaluates the quality of the evidence and identify gaps in the literature. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses an adapted scoping review methodology, allowing for a broad search but utilised established steps that allowed for a structured, rigorous approach to be used. CINAHL, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Google Scholar, plus a secondary hand search were conducted resulting in eight papers, of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods papers. Findings: Findings show admissions follow similar paths as to adults; admission reasons are largely unknown beyond simple descriptors; admission lengths are unknown whilst on adult wards; staff feel confident yet lack resources; young people feel the transition from CAMHS ward to adult ward can be beneficial if done sensitively; young people have positive experiences of adult wards, including factors that may not be present on CAMHS wards, e.g. role modelling by older patients; young people feel scared and vulnerable, including when excluded from decision making; however, involving young people can cause stress and be confusing if not done sensitively. Research limitations/implications: The scoping review identified a limited amount of research evidence for the care of young people admitted to adult wards. The research methods used in these papers were varied and none was of a high-quality standard. All studies contained methodological gaps which detract significantly from their findings and conclusions. The studies go some way to fill the gaps in knowledge and evidence base for this group, although in doing this scoping review was to unearth more gaps in knowledge. Originality/value: This scoping review collates findings from the literature regarding young people’s admissions to adult mental health wards. This sensitive and controversial area of mental health care is shown to be lacking in high-quality research. Young people are being admitted to adult wards in increasing numbers year on year in the UK, yet little research has been conducted to identify when and where treatment has been appropriate. This review provides a start to understanding what is known about admission and treatment for this group and what is not known so that these gaps may be investigated in future research. (Publisher abstract)
Report from visits to children and younger people who use mental health services: report from our visits to young people using in-patient and community mental health services in Scotland 2009
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This study aimed to find out more about how child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) services are being provided across Scotland through a programme of visits. The aim was to provide a picture of how these services are developing to meet national policy priorities and the needs of individual children and young people. This report starts with a description of the reports and policy initiatives relating to CAMH services. It then describes the themed visit programme, in which visits were made to all specialist in-patient facilities, young people admitted to non-specialist wards were visited, medical and nursing notes were reviewed, and meetings were held with representatives from CAMH services and local authorities in each of the 11 NHS Board areas. In total, 16 young people in different units across Scotland were interviewed, case files of 13 more were reviewed, and staff in 11 units were interviewed during the visits. The results show that the experience the young people reported was varied, but overall positive. This report discusses and provides recommendations relating to the following issues: the young person’s experience; access to education and age appropriate activities; access to advocacy; staffing levels and staff training; admission, discharge criteria and models of care; 16 and 17 year olds; in-patient provision for young people with complex needs; legal issues; and other issues such as services for looked after children and children who self-harm.
Working together to provide age-appropriate environments and services for mental health patients aged under 18: a briefing for commissioners of adult mental health services and child and adolescent mental health services
- Author:
- NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT UNIT
- Publisher:
- National Mental Health Development Unit
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The new section 131A of the Mental Health Act is due to come into force in April 2010. This amendment will ensure that patients aged under 18 are treated in an environment in hospital which is suitable having regard to their age, with the purpose of preventing the inappropriate admission of children and young people to adult psychiatric wards. This briefing highlights how commissioners can work together to meet the new duty on age-appropriate accommodation in a timely manner. Contents include: the change in legislation; commissioning age-appropriate environments and services - where are we now?; what do young people want; getting ready for 2010 - meeting the new duty. The Annexes include fundamental principles in the Code of Practice and the legislation and policy context.
Inpatient provision for children and young people with mental health problems
- Author:
- FRITH Emily
- Publisher:
- Education Policy Institute
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 33
- Place of publication:
- London
This report examines the state of child and adolescent mental health inpatient services in England. It explores the latest evidence and NHS data on admissions, quality of care, staffing and capacity of inpatient services – including geographical distribution and out of area placements. It also looks briefly at community alternatives to hospital admission and delayed discharge. It highlights five challenges in order to raise standards in young people’s mental health provision. These include: addressing workforce shortages, improving access to inpatient beds and reduce geographical disparity in access; and increasing the capacity of community mental health and social care support services to enable young people to be discharged from hospital sooner. (Edited publisher abstract)
Where next?: new directions in in-patient mental health services for young people; report 2
- Authors:
- SVANBERG Jenny, STREET Cathy
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Views from young people, parents and staff as much as possible quotes from those who were interviewed for the study are used to illustrate the issues raised by the research. The issues are clustered into four main phases of contact with in-patient CAMHS: issues before admission; the admission process; issues during stay and discharge and after. Throughout the report, checklists are presented that will be of value to practitioners working with young people who require in-patient care and treatment. These include what young people want to know on admission, the views of older adolescents towards their involvement in their care and what young people identified as helpful aspects of care. One chapter also draws together all the things identified by young people that can help to make the experience of admission to an in-patient unit more positive.