Mental health adult crisis and acute care: GIRFT Programme National Specialty Report (September 2021)

Summary

Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) is designed to improve the quality of care within the NHS by reducing unwarranted variations. By tackling variations in the way services are delivered across the NHS, and by sharing best practice between trusts, GIRFT identifies changes that will help improve care and patient outcomes, as well as delivering efficiencies such as the reduction of unnecessary procedures and cost savings.

Content

One in four adults experience at least one diagnosable mental health problem each year. Mental health issues are both the largest single cause of disability and the leading cause of sickness absence in the UK. This GIRFT report makes 17 recommendations to improve adult crisis and acute mental health services, aiming to ensure patients receive the appropriate level of treatment at the right time.

You will need a FutureNHS account to view this report, or you can view a short video summary which includes key recommendations.