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  1. Event
    This national conference looks at the practicalities of serious incident investigation and learning from deaths in mental health services. The event will look at the development and implementation of the New Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (previously known as the Serious Incident Framework) which was published on 16 August 2022. The conference will also update delegates on best current practice in serious incident investigation and learning, including mortality governance and learning from deaths. There will be an extended focus on ensuring serious investigation findings lead to change and improvement, and updates from PSIRF early adopter sites in mental health. The conference will also examine how the new framework will fit with the Royal College of Psychiatrists Care Review Tool for mortality review. Register
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    The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in the percentage of adults showing moderate or severe symptoms of depression. The Office for National Statistics said that over 16% of adults were affected in 2020 – compared with around 10% in 2019. Those affected were more likely to feel stressed or anxious and worried about their future than in 2019. Many of these people will need support and treatment from the NHS – and may not have sought it during the pandemic. In addition, financial pressures over the coming years may lead to more cases of depression. Some will seek help from their GP and be referred onwards for treatment – often to the sort of “talking therapies” used in IAPTs. But getting access to these is not always straightforward or quick, and patients can often represent to their GP seeking help. In addition, patients can suffer low points but not be able to access support until their next IAPTs session. This HSJ webinar, in association with Ethypharm Digital Therapy, will look at these issues and ask what solutions are available. What is the current situation with support for those with depression and how does it impact on GPs and other primary care professionals, as well as patients? What are the challenges around existing IAPTs capacity? Is there scope for other existing mental health services to assist? How can digital solutions be used to increase capacity? How can solutions be scaled up for use across an integrated care system area? Speakers include: Dr Kate Lovett, consultant psychiatrist, former dean of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Andy Bell, deputy chief executive, Centre for Mental Health Hélène Moore, Pharmaceutical, Ethypharm Claire Read, HSJ contributor (webinar chair) Register for the webinar
  3. Event
    The Restraint Reduction Network is a movement of people who want to eliminate the use of unnecessary restrictive practices, protect human rights and make a positive difference in people's lives. This webinar is an opportunity to find out more about participating in this project, which goes live in September 2022. The session will help you understand your practice in relation to use of psychotropic medication with children and young people and will give you the opportunity to compare your practice to other inpatient units through a benchmarking dashboard. Register for the webinar
  4. Community Post
    Are you currently working on an inpatient mental health ward in the UK? We would like to learn about how you feel towards restrictive practices on mental health wards. Go to https://tinyurl.com/restrictivepractices to find out more.
  5. Community Post
    The recent press release from the UK Government outlines a White Paper which contains the reforms: "Major reform of Mental Health Act will empower individuals to have more control over their treatment and deliver on a key manifesto commitment. Reforms will deliver parity between mental and physical health services and put patients’ views at the centre of their care. Plan will tackle mental health inequalities including disproportionate detention of people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, the use of the act to detain people with learning disabilities and autism, and improve care for patients within the criminal justice system..." The report covers: "A package of reforms has been set out in a wide-ranging new Reforming the Mental Health Act white paper, which builds on the recommendations made by Sir Simon Wessely’s Independent Review of the Mental Health Act in 2018. At the heart of the proposed reforms to the Mental Health Act is greater choice and autonomy for patients in a mental health crisis, ensuring the act’s powers are used in the least restrictive way, that patients receive the care they need to help them recover and all patients are viewed and treated as individuals. These reforms aim to tackle the racial disparities in mental health services, better meet the needs of people with learning disabilities and autism and ensure appropriate care for people with serious mental illness within the criminal justice system." Do you work for Mental Health services? Are you someone who uses Mental Health services? What are your views?
  6. Community Post
    I hallucinate + hear voices but I am not ill + do not take psychiatric drugs .... For me , mental illness is a lie which causes untold damage ... I have been gathering information around Mental Health hospital admissions / Haven / Maytree model / Homelessness ... I have also gathered information around seclusion , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), restraint and serious incidents ... The data speaks for itself Each admission, restraint, each seclusion, each serious incident is a human rights abuse. We just need to listen? Alexis Quinn? Act wisely? We are not using public money – our money well (each admission costs at least £18K) We need to learn from Italy, Finland, Manchester and others. Work together? How will we put the change we need into action? not just strategy papers ? We need the other part of this “picture” the data from the Haven and community. In summary my aims are ... All Mental Health Hospitals should be closed as per Italy; the Haven/ respite/ Home Group model should be adopted. The Mental Health Act should be abolished, one of the few areas of law where you can be locked away for something you may do, by people who have a vested interest in locking you away. (James Davies work CRACKED why psychiatry is does more harm than good is relevant here?). People should be supported to come off psychiatric drugs if this is their wish. Move from a Medical model of distress to a social / Human Rights model of distress. Ladder of Citizen control.pdf
  7. Content Article
    During pregnancy, and up to one year after birth, one in five women will experience mental health issues, ranging from anxiety and depression to more severe illness. For those women experiencing mental ill-health, barriers often exist preventing them from accessing care, including variation in availability of service, care, and treatment. These are often worsened by cultural stigma, previous trauma, deprivation, and discrimination. This document by the Royal College of Midwives outlines recommendations to ensure that women are offered, and can access, the right support at the right time during their perinatal journey.
  8. Content Article
    With addiction treatment programs, ensuring the safety of patients undergoing recovery is paramount. However, addressing medication safety within these programs can be a complex endeavour. As addiction treatment evolves to meet the needs of individuals on their path to recovery, it's crucial to adopt strategies that prioritise both the efficacy and safety of medications. In this blog, Dr Alexandre Kirk, Medical Director at Bright Futures Treatment Center in Florida, examines the various facets of medication safety challenges in addiction treatment programs and explores practical solutions to overcome them.
  9. Content Article
    Despite the prevalence of diabetes amongst individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), diabetes care is not currently audited within mental health inpatient settings as it audited in physical health settings. This project piloted an audit to assess the diabetes care within London NHS Mental Health Trusts. The Health Innovation Network in partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) developed and piloted a diabetes audit. Following the SLaM pilot, the audit was completed by all nine London Mental Health Trusts. A diverse approach was taken to spread and adoption. This included piloting the audit within one MH Trust, refining, and then rolling out the audit to eight London Mental Health Trusts.
  10. Content Article
    This briefing was commissioned by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance who are dedicated to ensuring all women, babies and their families across the UK have access to compassionate care and high-quality support for their mental health during pregnancy and after birth. One woman in five experiences a mental health problem during pregnancy or after they have given birth. Maternal mental health problems can have a devastating impact on the women affected and their families. NICE guidance states that perinatal mental health problems always require a speedy and effective response, including rapid access to psychological therapies when they are needed. Integrated care systems (ICSs) have a unique opportunity to ensure that all women who need support for their mental health during the perinatal period get the right level of help at the right time, close to home.
  11. Content Article
    At the beginning of 2023, The Jordan Legacy launched a new strategy designed to raise the bar in terms of collective ambition in suicide prevention and to plot a course of collective practical action that can realise that ambition. This report is the first in a series summarising what is emerging from this action research project, as well as the organisation's wider, ongoing action learning initiatives, focusing on reducing the number of suicides in the UK. The researchers asked people affected by suicide to provide responses to two key questions: How can we significantly reduce the annual number of suicides in the UK, from the 6000+ level it’s been at for 15 years? How far can we go?
  12. Content Article
    In this blog for the Royal College of Physicians, patient Hayley Hall argues that engaging members of the public in digital transformation will help ensure that changes made bring real benefits not just to the health service also but to patients, carers, family members and communities.
  13. Content Article
    This book, edited by Chartered Health Psychologist Holly Blake, demonstrates the breadth of research on work, health and wellbeing, during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, covering workforce impacts and workforce interventions in various countries and settings. Learning from this research will help to build global preparedness for future pandemics and foster resilience for responding in times of crisis and uncertainty.
  14. Content Article
    At the time of her death, Heather Findlay, aged 28 years, was in the care of the East London Foundation Trust (ELFT), detained under section 2 of the Mental Health Act at Mile End Hospital. At approximately 3pm on 11 June 2020, she was on s17 escorted leave, standing with a healthcare assistant (HCA) at the front gates of the hospital having a cigarette, when she turned to the HCA, said “I’m sorry I have to do this to you” and ran away. ELFT contacted the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) at 3.17pm, but by 3.58pm, Ms Findlay had been found by a member of the public in a nearby park. At inquest, the jury came to a conclusion of death by suicide and giving a medical cause of death of: 1a hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy 1b sodium nitrate toxicity.
  15. Content Article
    This is part of our series of Patient Safety Spotlight interviews, where we talk to different people about their role and what motivates them to make health and social care safer. Martin talks to us about the role of Professional Nurse Advocates (PNAs) in improving patient safety through restorative clinical supervision for nurses. He also talks about the need to recognise the close relationship between staff safety and patient safety, and the impact that long waiting lists and limited NHS capacity are currently having.
  16. Community Post
    Interesting blog posted from @Sarahjane Jones on her research findings on staff safety: Do you work in mental health? We'd be interested to hear your own experiences? What challenges do you face?
  17. Community Post
    Does anyone have examples of templates they use for reviewing unexpected deaths in the community of patients known to mental health services?
  18. Content Article
    There are an estimated 363,000 adults experiencing multiple disadvantage in England—they may be experiencing a combination of homelessness, substance misuse, mental health issues, domestic abuse and contact with the criminal justice system. The Changing Futures programme works in partnership in local areas and across government to test innovative approaches and drive lasting change across the whole system, in order to provide better outcomes for adults experiencing multiple disadvantage.  This prospectus provides information for partnerships interested in submitting an expressions of interest to be part of the Changing Futures programme.
  19. Content Article
    In this blog post, Diana Jones, an addiction treatment expert from Archstone Behavioral Health, addresses the topic of stigma and discrimination in addiction treatment. The post explores the importance of creating safe and inclusive environments for individuals seeking recovery. It offers practical strategies such as education, empathy, cultural sensitivity, bias recognition, and shared decision-making to promote positive change in addiction treatment practices. By challenging societal misconceptions and fostering compassionate care, healthcare professionals can help individuals overcome barriers and receive the support they need for successful recovery.
  20. Content Article
    Mental health is an important component of individual well-being and social participation. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) between one in six and one in five people experience a mental health problem in any given year and an estimated one in two people experience a mental health problem in their lifetime. There is a need to measure patients’ experience of mental health care delivery and effects of mental health treatment approaches. Patients are in a unique position to contribute to the quality of health care since they are the only ones who experience the whole episode of care from primary care in communities through hospital care to rehabilitation and follow up in general practice. Health professionals in contrast experience only a snap shot of the entire patient’s journey in the health care system. PREMs ((patient-reported experience measures) and PROMs (patient-reported outcomes measures) are means to assure that the patient voice in health care will be heard and institutionalised. This supplement focuses on how to include the patient voice in mental health, in terms of PREMs and PROMs.
  21. Content Article
    Over the past 10 years, it has often been stated that the NHS treats more than a million people every 36 hours, but is that still true? Here, the King's Fund analyse NHS activity (eg, calls, appointments, attendances and admissions) and explore some of the underlying trends that lie behind these headline statistics. Following the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, NHS activity has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels.
  22. Content Article
    This service model brings together the good practice taking place in local areas, and that  which has previously been described for this group of people. It recognises that improvements  are typically underpinned by visionary leadership, a focus on human rights based approaches,  workforce development, co-production and a preparedness to reflect and learn. It aims to support  commissioners across health and social care to work together to commission the range of services  and support required to meet the needs of this diverse group.
  23. Content Article
    This guide, published by Patient, outlines some of the key elements of mental capacity and mental health legislation including: General principles of consent Emergency treatment Best interests Adults who are not competent to give consent Advance care planning Mental Health Act relevant to consent Section 57: Treatment requiring consent and a second opinion.
  24. Content Article
    There is an increasing emphasis on, and commitment to, using patient narratives in nursing practice and nurse education. Listening to the voices of those receiving our care is just the beginning. The challenge is to use these narratives to improve practice and the patient experience. This seven-part series in the Nursing Times presents narratives from three fields of nursing: adult, mental health and learning disability. Each article includes opportunities to reflect on the stories presented and consider their implications for practice. 
  25. Content Article
    The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) commissioned this research to help inform a consistent and appropriate approach by the regulators and registers towards the various types of discrimination in health and care. The research was undertaken to help PSA understand better the views of the public and service users on the following key questions: What constitutes discriminatory behaviour in the context of health and care? What impact discriminatory behaviour may have on both public safety and confidence? Through looking at these two areas, the research also drew out views from participants on how health and care professional regulators should respond to different types of discriminatory behaviour.
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