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Human rights in mental health services: good practice guide
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 74
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This guide explains how and where human rights impact on the provision of mental health care and how staff can best ensure that the key rights are respected. It is aimed at staff in hospital and community teams in Scotland and has been written in consultation with mental health care practitioners, users of services, and patients’ relatives who have direct experience of adult acute settings. It looks at each of the rights set out in the Rights in Mind pathway to patients’ rights in mental health services. There is a section for each stage, covering patient’s rights in the community, hospital admission, hospital care, and hospital discharge. The guide also sets out overarching rights that apply across all of these stages. Short case studies are included to illustrate different scenarios. The guide can be used both as a reference guide and as an improvement resource to help staff reflect on their policies and practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community or care home settings: QS159
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Place of publication:
- London
This quality standard describes priority areas for improvement in the area of transitions for children, young people and adults between mental health hospitals and their own homes, care homes or other community settings. The standard includes the period before, during and after a person is admitted to, and discharged from, a mental health hospital. It consists of four quality statements cover: ensuring people admitted to an inpatient mental health setting have access to independent advocacy services; out of area admissions to have placement reviews every 3 months, improved communication of care plans on discharge, and for people identified as at suicide risk to received follow up within 48 hours of being discharged. For each quality statement the standard provides details of quality measures and suggested data sources. (Edited publisher abstract)
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)
Treat as one: bridging the gap between mental and physical healthcare in general hospitals
- Authors:
- CROSS S., et al
- Publisher:
- NATIONAL CONFIDENTIAL ENQUIRY INTO PATIENT AND OUTCOME DEATH
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 112
- Place of publication:
- London
This report examines the overall quality of mental health and physical healthcare provided to patients with significant mental health conditions who were admitted to a general hospital. It draws on an in-depth review of 552 cases of patients had a physical illness and a mental health condition. It looks at patients presentation to hospital (the majority though the emergency department), admission to hospital, ongoing care on the ward, and discharge planning and death. In relation to discharge planning, the report a lack of multidisciplinary discharge planning and in appropriate risk assessment. The report concludes that a lack of integration of physical and mental healthcare in hospitals is leading to poor care for patients with a physical illness who also happen to have a mental health condition. It makes recommendations to reduce the divide between mental and physical healthcare, including the integration of liaison psychiatry services into general hospitals, staff training in mental health conditions, and improved record sharing between mental health hospitals and general hospitals. (Edited publisher abstract)