The Virtual Ward is now a part of the new Acute Care Programme website. The Virtual Ward is where mental health practitioners, service users, carers and families can access and share resources.
You can share your examples of positive practice with other staff and people who use mental health services by completing the form below.
Virtual Ward resources on this site cover a wide range of topics including:
- Admission and Pre-Admission
- Care Plans
- Treatments and Therapies
- Carers and Families
- Patient Safety
- Dual Diagnosis
- Recovery
- Race and Equality , Gender, Sexuality
- Research and Audits
These and many other topics relating to Virtual Ward can be searched using the Resource Library or the words in the tag cloud.
Share your ideas and good practice with others by completing the form below then upload the material you wish to submit. Please mark the material clearly with the author, organisation and the date it was created or published.

