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Working together to support the mental wellbeing of older people in care homes: report of a roundtable discussion at the Royal Hospital Chelsea: putting into practice the NICE quality standard on mental wellbeing of older people in care homes (QS50)
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This report documents the proceedings of a roundtable organised by the NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC) to discuss how the NICE quality standard can help to improve the lives of older people in care homes and to encourage collaborative working with care homes. It accompanies the NICE quality standard and complements the NICE guideline on mental wellbeing of older people in care homes. The report includes examples of what people are already doing to implement the quality standard and highlights areas for further action and improvement. The report provides a template for other, similar discussions. Throughout the report (and summarised at the end) are hints and tips about how to arranging a roundtable event using the quality standard as a framework to help improve local practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2012/13; presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to section 120D(3) of the Mental Health Act 1983
- Authors:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 94
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This is the fourth annual report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on its monitoring of the use of the Mental Health Act 1983. It collates findings of CQC’s specialist MHA visits, the concerns of people who use services and of professional stakeholders, and policy issues relevant to psychiatric detention in England. In 2012/13 people were detained or treated under the MHA more than 50,000 times; and community treatment orders were imposed more than 4,600 times. The total number of people who are subject to the MHA has risen by 12% in the last five years, with 17,000 people detained at the end of 2012/13. The report considers the extent to which mental health services are responsive to people’s needs; ways in which people are subject to restrictions; issues around consent to treatment; access to care during mental health crisis; and deaths of patients subject to the Act. While there is welcome for improvements in access to independent advocacy services, in helping people to draw up advance statements of preferences for care and treatment, the report notes that 27% of care plans showed no evidence of patient involvement. CQC expects there to be change in respect of promoting dignity and autonomy; promoting cultures that support therapeutic practices and reduce restraint and seclusion to a minimum; and being proactive in embedding learning from the deaths of people subject to the Act. (Edited publisher abstract)
Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2012/13: summary
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This summary of the main report for 2012-13 outlines findings on the extent to which mental health services are responsive to people’s needs; ways in which people are subject to restrictions; issues around consent to treatment; access to care during a mental health crisis; and deaths of patients subject to the Act. It presents facts and figures, and notes areas of improvement and where the Care Quality Commission (CQC) expects to see change. (Original abstract)
Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2011/12: presented to Parliament ... pursuant to section 120D(3) of the Mental Health Act 1983: summary
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This is the summary of the third annual report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on its monitoring of the use of the Mental Health Act 1983. Mental health is a major issue for this country. Nearly a quarter (23%) of the total burden of disease in the UK is attributable to mental disorder, compared to 16% for cancer and 16% for heart disease. Mental disorder has a broad range of impacts across health, education, work and criminal justice as well as links with health risk behaviour and associated premature mortality. The Government’s consultation on the NHS Constitution proposes amending the first guiding principle on the purpose of the NHS to explicitly include mental as well as physical health. The mid-term review, published in January 2013, includes improving the treatment and care of people with mental illness in its four key priorities for health and care. Overall, some hospitals and wards are doing a very good job in treating patients with dignity and respect. CQC found some overall improvement but most of the concerns highlighted in previous reports remain. There is a significant gap between the realities CQC is observing in practice and the ambitions of the national mental health policy. CQC is concerned that cultures may persist where control and containment are prioritised over the treatment and support of individuals.
Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2011/12: presented to Parliament ... pursuant to section 120D(3) of the Mental Health Act 1983
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 108
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This is the third annual report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on its monitoring of the use of the Mental Health Act 1983. Mental health is a major issue for this country. Nearly a quarter (23%) of the total burden of disease in the UK is attributable to mental disorder, compared to 16% for cancer and 16% for heart disease. Mental disorder has a broad range of impacts across health, education, work and criminal justice as well as links with health risk behaviour and associated premature mortality. The Government’s consultation on the NHS Constitution proposes amending the first guiding principle on the purpose of the NHS to explicitly include mental as well as physical health. The mid-term review, published in January 2013, includes improving the treatment and care of people with mental illness in its four key priorities for health and care. Overall, some hospitals and wards are doing a very good job in treating patients with dignity and respect. CQC found some overall improvement but most of the concerns highlighted in previous reports remain. There is a significant gap between the realities CQC is observing in practice and the ambitions of the national mental health policy. CQC is concerned that cultures may persist where control and containment are prioritised over the treatment and support of individuals.
Benchmarking a liaison psychiatry service: a prospective 6-month study of quality indicators
- Authors:
- O'KEFFE Nikki, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatric Bulletin, 31(9), September 2007, pp.345-347.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
There are no national standards to evaluate the quality of delivery of inpatient liaison psychiatry services in general hospitals in the UK. In order to benchmark the service against best international practice, we adapted quality indicators from two peer-reviewed studies from Australia and Switzerland and monitored our performance standards over a period of 6 months. There were 145 patients assessed over the study period. We set a priori target of 90% achievement on indicators in the areas of timeliness of response to all referrals, timeliness of response to referrals following self-harm and quality of supervision of junior medical staff attaining 93.8, 87.5 and 89.6% respectively. National bodies should develop benchmarks in this area so that services can demonstrate the quality of their service and learn from others’ good practice.
Setting the standard: the new agenda for primary care organisations commissioning mental health services
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The NHS Plan, the National Service Framework for Mental Health and the emergence of Primary Care Trusts all have major implications for the way services are provided. This report asks how, in this rapidly changing NHS world, mental health services can best be commissioned.
What about me?
- Authors:
- RING Chris, WATKINS Jonathon
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.10.00, 2000, p.24.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The authors argues that, to be effective, quality assurance programmes must involve mental health clients more fully in decisions about the organisation of their care.
Guidance on standards for the residential care needs of people with specific mental health needs; a compilation of standards used and developed by the Social Services Inspectorate
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 98p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Document intended to offer guidance and information for meeting the accommodation requirements for mentally ill people who are unable to live in the community. Places the emphasis on quality of care, management and environment.
Defining a health-based place of safety (S136) and crisis assessment sites for young people under 18
- Authors:
- FELLOW-SMITH Elizabeth, HINDLEY Peter, HUGHES Nigel
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 13
- Place of publication:
- London
Position statement from the Royal College of Psychiatrists which defines a health-based place of safety and crisis assessment site for young people under 18. The statement also sets out the key principles and standards that are required for quality service provision. The statement will inform the development of crisis care pathways for young people under 18 years of age and will also help to inform adequate health-based places of safety and crisis assessment sites in anticipation of a change in legislation such that young people will no longer be detained and assessed in police custody suites. Royal College of Psychiatrist position statements provide guidance, principles and recommendations that should be followed by members of the College. (Edited publisher abstract)