Bromley Home Treatment TeamThe Bromley Home Treatment Team, which includes doctors, nurses and psychological therapists, provides care 24 hours a day 7 days a week for up to 20 patients at any one time and up to 1200 patients a year. Read more »
MymindMymind is a website www.mymind.org.uk and twitter feed @mymindfeed, developed by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, to provide children and young people with information about mental health problems. Read more »
LIFT – wellbeing after babyLIFT psychology service in Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset offers extensive programme of free psycho-educational courses, including the ‘Wellbeing after baby’ course for any parents or carers who are experiencing anxiety, depression or general stress since the birth of a baby. Read more »
Complex Recovery, Advice and Consultation ServiceThe Complex Recovery Assessment and Consultation (CRAC) Service in Cheshire and Wirral works to enhance existing care pathways by utilising expertise and specialist skills in complex care management. The team also captures on-going audit data looking at detailed analysis of variance leading to prolonged or repetitive use of acute care. Read more »
Young people’s participation in Birmingham mental health servicesThis project led by Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust aimed to increase young people’s participation in their local mental health services. Read more »
Mental health awareness workshops for young people in SwindonThis project led by LIFT psychology in Swindon and Wiltshire delivered workshops to students at Swindon College to raise awareness of the psychological services available for young people in Swindon between 16 and 25 years old. Read more »
The Physical Health Portfolio for Physical Care in the Medium Secure UnitStaff at South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust have developed a Physical Health Portfolio to ensure best practice in meeting the physical health needs of forensic service users. Read more »
City and Hackney Primary Care Psychotherapy Consultation ServiceThe City and Hackney Primary Care Psychotherapy Consultation Service is an innovative outreach service provided by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust which supports GPs to manage patients with complex mental health and other needs that result in frequent health service use. Read more »
Psychological therapies for looked after children in HertfordshireThis service in Hertfordshire provides a fast response and time limited intervention of up to six talking therapy sessions, alongside the wider multi-disciplinary CAMHS Generic team, for children who are looked after by the local authority. Read more »
STORM Skills TrainingSTORM is a self-harm mitigation model developed at the University of Manchester. It offers skills based training in risk assessment and safety planning to frontline staff and members of the community. STORM also addresses ‘postvention’ i.e. what to do after a serious incident has occurred. Read more »
Therapeutic interventions for young people in EssexThe Wilderness Foundation deliver three different therapeutic interventions for young people, many of whom have mental health and behavioural issues, in the heart of the Essex wilderness. Read more »
Improving physical health care in people with severe and enduring mental illnessThis project led by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust set out to improve the physical health of people with severe and enduring mental illness. Read more »
Enfield early intervention serviceThe Enfield Early Intervention in Psychosis Service has a clear protocol around physical health monitoring from the point of admission to the service. Read more »
Smoke free inpatient wards at Springfield University HospitalHume Ward in Springfield University Hospital, part of South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, is a smoke free zone and smoking is only allowed in an outdoor courtyard at certain times of the day. Read more »
Oxleas inpatient commissioning for quality and innovationAs part of a wider programme to address physical health in patients with mental illness, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust looked to make improvements on inpatient wards. This involved the use of the pan London CQUIN to financially incentives inpatient wards to address the issue. Read more »
Improving diabetes care for inpatients in SolentSolent NHS Trust has encouraged closer joint working between staff in the mental health inpatient unit and the diabetes clinic at the local hospital to improve diabetes care for inpatients. Read more »
Leicestershire Physical Health RegisterLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is pioneering an electronic register that could improve the long-term physical health prospects of people who are prescribed anti-psychotic drugs. Read more »
Kidstime in Camden and IslingtonThis service aims to promote resilience of children and young people in Camden and Islington, supporting them to cope with the emotional and behavioural impacts of a parent’s mental illness. Read more »
Islington PICT serviceThe Psychologically Informed Consultation and Training (PICT) service supports frontline workers to work more effectively with people living with complex mental health and challenging behaviours in Islington. Read more »
Action on Postpartum PsychosisAction on Postpartum Psychosis (APP) is a collaborative project run by women across the UK who have experienced Postpartum Psychosis and academic experts from Birmingham and Cardiff Universities. Read more »