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Home » Partnerships » Carers » Carer's stories

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Home » Admission » Assessment tools

Title: TAG assessment Summary: Threshold Assessment Grid (TAG). A scoresheet to assess the severity of a person's mental health problems including a checklist for guidance.

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Home » Admission » Pre-admission » Crisis resolution home treatment

Title: MH A&E Triage Scale Summary: Mental Health Triage Scale for use with the Mental Health Assessment Matrix. Developed by Simon Baston, the NICE self-harm guideline development. Word document. Title: MH Ass Doc Derby Hospitals Summary: Mental Health Triage Scale for use with the NICE guideline on self-harm. Developed by Simon Baston and the NICE self-harm guideline development group. PDF version of the above file..

Title: Risk Assessment Matrix SW London Published: February 2004 Summary: SW London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust and St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust Accident & Emergency Department - Mental Health Assessment Form.

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Home » Admission » Recording systems » Acute workforce review

Title: NTW supervision project report Published: December 2007 Summary: Report on the collaborative action research project: Recognising and developing clinical supervision - Derek Milne and Nasim Choudhri.

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Home » Admission » Recording systems » Information

Title: NIMHE MH digest 2 Published: February 2008 Summary: This document provides a succinct overview of some key facts and figures from research into mental health and related services. It is for everyone who needs to quickly understand key facts and figures in mental health and its care. It is for everyone who has to explain mental health and its care to others.

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Home » Admission » Staff rotas » Roles and changing workforce

Title: Urgent care draft Job description adult psychiatrist STW05 Summary: Job description for Consultant Adult Psychiatrist - Urgent Care, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Trust.

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Home » Aftercare » Discharge

Title: Protocol for discharge Published: August 2005 Summary: Protocol for Discharge and Seven Day Follow Up from Inpatient Services. This protocol sets out the way in which discharge arrangements should be implemented to ensure that mechanisms are in place for a safe and effective discharge from Inpatient Services.

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Home » Care planning » Communication

	Title: Ward Review Meetings Published: February 2008 Summary: Acute Care Forum - Task and Finish Group. Making Your Voice Heard. This is an opportunity for service users to have a discussion with their doctor and members of their care team about their health and social needs which is essential part of care planning and supporting recovery.
	Title: Lister Community Meeting Poster Summary: The aim of the group is to give patients the chance to talk about your experience of your care on the ward. The community group happens every week on the ward. The group provides an opportunity for patients to meet with staff and a member of the Patients Council to talk about your experiences on the ward.

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Home » Care planning » Engagement

Title: Self Injury Tool Kit Published: January 2008 Summary: SELF-INJURY - A Recovery and Evidence Based Tool Kit. One of the momentums for this tool kit is the 2007 Trust-wide Self-Injury Audit, where 100% of services in the Trust identified the need for a Trust-wide tool kit in the assessment, care and treatment of people who self-injure.

Title: Therapeutic Activity Review 2007 - 2008 Published: 2008 Summary: Therapeutic Activity Review for Centurion and Meadowfield Mental Health Inpatient Units – 2007 / 2008. This review will comment of key guidance from 2007/08 in particular Trust objectives that we strive to meet. The review and timetables attached will clearly set out key aspects of the work provided by a range of multi disciplinary staff within the two units.

 

 

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Home » Care planning » Engagement » Observation

Title: Study on Observations Summary: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between special observation and self-harm within the context of other conflict behaviours, other containment methods, patient factors, service environment, physical environment and staff factors.

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Home » Care planning » Engagement » Treatments

Title: Self Injury Tool Kit Published: January 2008 Summary: A Recovery and Evidence Based Tool Kit. One of the momentums for this tool kit is the 2007 Trust-wide Self-Injury Audit, where 100% of services in the Trust identified the need for a Trust-wide tool kit in the assessment, care and treatment of people who self-injure.

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Home » Care planning » Engagement » Treatments » Solution focused therapy

Title: SFT Ward Review chart Summary: Pre – Ward Round / Weekly Review form. Sections include Behaviour and Mental State, Activities and Engagement , Usefulness of Medication and Time out of Hospital and Leave Arrangements.

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Home » Environment » Design and build

	Title: Laying The Foundations Published: May 2008 Summary: A service redesign and capital investment workbook for acute mental health care.
	Title: Capacity demand effectiveness Published: July 2005 Summary: Increasing capacity of 24 hour acute care - by Fiona Macmillan and Nick Adams. Report for the Acute Care Forum.
	Title: LTF template Summary: Laying The Foundations - Defining specific service aims and outcomes. The table in this document is designed as a downloadable template to assist you in developing and defining the specific service aims and desired outcomes for your local service.

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Home » Environment » Improving safe systems

Title: NPSA Independent Investigations Published: March 2008 Summary: Independent investigation of serious patient safety incidents in mental health services - Good practice guidance. This document describes ways in which the process of investigation can be improved and it supports the guidance. It will be relevant to SHAs, primary care trusts (PCTs), local authorities and all mental health trusts, including foundation trusts. Foundation trusts should make arrangements with their local SHA to ensure that the SHA will commission independent investigation of serious mental health patient safety incidents on their behalf.

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Home » Environment » Policies and practice

	Title: Study into conflict and containment Published: November 2007 Summary: A longitudinal study of conflict and containment on acute psychiatric wards - Report to the DH Policy Research Programme. The aims of this study were to assess the relationship between nurses' positive appreciation of patients, nurses' emotional self regulation, the effective structuring of the ward's rules and routine, and rates of conflict and containment.
	Title: Focus on PICU FINAL Published: February 2008 Summary: Focus on: Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs). This document is one of a series of documents produced by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement as part of their High Volume Care programme Produced by the Delivering Quality and Value Team, the aim of the Focus on series is to help local health communities and organisations improve the quality and value of the care they deliver.
	Title: Framework for Human Rights Local Action Published: March 2007 Summary: Human Rights in Healthcare – A Framework for Local Action. Department of Health, the British Institute of Human Rights and 5 NHS Trusts have worked in conjunction to produce this framework to assist NHS trusts to develop and apply human rights based approaches (HRBAs) in their organisations to improve service design and delivery.
	Title: From Exclusion to Inclusion Published: 2008 Summary: From Exclusion to Inclusion – The Way Forward to Promoting Social Inclusion of People with Mental Health Problems in Europe.
	Title: Keys to a Positive First Impression Published: 1998 Summary: Explanation of key steps to be taken to ensure a positive first impression is made leading to greater patient satisfaction.
	Title: Privacy and Dignity - the elimination of mixed sex accommodation Published: 2008 Summary: Privacy and Dignity - The elimination of mixed sex accommodation. Good Practice Guidance and Self Assessment Checklist. This guidance outlines 11 key principles to support the achievement of good physical separation of the sexes in hospital accommodation. It includes a self-assessment checklist to help trusts identify issues that need to be addressed. The document builds on the recent Department of Health report ‘Privacy and Dignity – a report by the Chief Nursing Officer into mixed sex accommodation in hospitals’ (DoH 2007).
	Title: Refocusing the care programme approach final Published: March 2008 Summary: Refocusing the Care Programme Approach - Policy and Positive Practice Guidance. Following the national consultation, Reviewing the Care programme Approach (CPA), and having considered the issues identified, this guidance updates policy and sets out positive practice guidance for trusts and commissioners to review local practice to refocus CPA within mental health services.
	Title: What's the story web Summary: Reporting Mental Health and Suicide. A resource for journalists and editors. This handbook is packed with useful facts, figures and contacts. It is designed to help you do your job when covering these stories, whether you’re a print, broadcast or magazine journalist.

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Home » Environment » Policies and practice » CPA

	Title: CPA - Checklist - db Summary: Checklist for CPA - Outpatient/ Day patient referral, admission and discharge.
	Title: CPA - Core competence and functions Summary: Care Co-ordination - Core Functions and Competencies. Prepared by Karen Hardacre - PeopleSkillsEducation (PSE) CONSULTING LIMITED. This paper presents: a functional map for the care co-ordination task; and National Occupational Standards (NOS) which underpin these functions.
	Title: CPA - ld- My care plan meeting Published: November 2007 Summary: My Care Planning Meeting - "Things I would like to say at my care planning meeting. Produced by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
	Title: CPA - ld - My care plan template Summary: "Your Care Plan" to document personal details, health and risk assessment as well as details to do with your primary worker, consultant and other people involved in your care plan.
	Title: CPA - Meds - Monitoring - Guidelines Published: December 2007 Summary: Documenting guidelines for physical health monitoring with Antipsychotics. This guideline highlights monitoring recommendations to facilitate the safe and effective use of antipsychotics. The monitoring recommendations are not exhaustive and do not intend to provide treatment recommendations for individual patients.
	Title: CPA - National patient survey Summary: Survey results. Documenting patients thoughts about the care they received in Rampton Hospital. Clinical teams have been asked to look at these results to see where they have or have not done very well and come up with a plan to help improve things.
	Title: CPA Pathway - jh Published: October 2007 Summary: Core CPA Pathway detailing Assessment/ Pathway selection, CPA planning and review, Discharge, Administration process, Arranging the CPA review, Post CPA review and IT System setup.
	Title: CPA - Amulsipride - Shared care Published: October 2007 Summary: Paper for GP's documenting the need and appropriaty for clinical responsibility when prescribing this drug in diagnosis of schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder.
	Title: CPA - Aripriprazole - Shared care Published: October 2007 Summary: Paper for GP's documenting the need and appropriaty for clinical responsibility when prescribing this drug in diagnosis of schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder.
	Title: CPA - Olanzapine - Shared care Published: October 2007 Summary: Paper for GP's documenting the need and appropriaty for clinical responsibility when prescribing this drug in diagnosis of schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder.
	Title: CPA - Quetiapine - Shared care Published: October 2007 Summary: Paper for GP's documenting the need and appropriaty for clinical responsibility when prescribing this drug in diagnosis of schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder.
	Title: CPA - Risperidone - Shared care Published: October 2007 Summary: Paper for GP's documenting the need and appropriaty for clinical responsibility when prescribing this drug in diagnosis of schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder.
	Title: CPA - pp - Carers assessment Summary: Assessment of Carers Needs - A form to document Initial assessment and review. eICPA 4b
	Title: CPA - pp - Carers assessment - Comic sans Summary: A form to document the assessment and other issues of carers needs. ICPA 19.
	Title: CPA - pp - Carers Assessment - intro Summary: Carer's assessment. This interview is designed to help a carer consider their experiences of coping with mental illness in a family member or friend and discuss any needs that arise from that experience.
	Title: CPA - Presentation - Chris Hedges Summary: Powerpoint presentation. "Hooray for CPA" - Developing a team approach to CPA.
	Title: CPA - Procedure - db1 Summary: Document explaining the overall aim to deliver effective mental health services. A partnership must exist between those services and the people who use them. The aspirations, strengths and experiences of Service Users and Carers, allied with the skills and commitment of staff and partner agencies provide powerful resources in the delivery of a person-centred Care Programme Approach (CPA).
	Title: CPA - Procedure - db Published: April 2006 Summary: This CPA will underpin an increasing focus on choice and control for patients and fully involves people who use services and their carers. Their needs and preferences will be at its heart.
	Title: CPA - Procedures Published: March 2007 Summary: The standards and guidelines for the implementation of the Care Programme Approach (CPA) contained in this document should be used in conjunction with the CPA BSTMHT Trust Policy and Procedures (2007).
	Title: CPA - Self-assessment form Summary: Patient self report form. This form is to help you to prepare for your next CPA meeting and we would like you to complete this form or part of it, ready for your CPA meeting.
	Title: CPA - Standard letter - db Summary: Standard letter regarding Mental Health NHS Trusts’ expectations relating to Care Co-ordination for service users admitted to hospital.
	Title: Moving forward toolkit - Briefing Published: May 2008 Summary: The Moving Forward Toolkit: Overview. The ‘Toolkit’ embodies a customisable folder which is “owned” and retained by the service user – though relevant copy can be requested for EPR. It gives methodical voice to the client’s own goals and recovery plans, as expressed by them.
	Title: Moving forward toolkit - Guidelines Summary: Guidelines for use of the assessment and planning tools for Support Time and Recovery Workers. "This assessment planning tool is based on the Recovery Approach. Please don’t think of it as just forms, it’s about the whole process, including your input."
	Title: Moving forward toolkit - 1 Summary: Part 1 in the Moving Forward toolkit - front page.
	Title: Moving forward toolkit - 2 Summary: What is the Moving Forward Toolkit? The ‘Moving Forward Toolkit’ consists of ‘core’ and additional documents. The core or essential documents are: The “Assessing your Future Goals”, The “Draft Plan”, the ‘Collaborative Plan’ and The "Journal".
	Title: Moving forward toolkit - 3 Summary: Moving Forward Toolkit: Assessing your Future Goals. This document is to provide a plan by which you and your team can work together towards helping you realise your life goals.
	Title: Moving forward toolkit - 4 Summary: Moving Forward Toolkit: Draft Plan. After completing the Assessing your Future Goals document, use this sheet to sketch out a rough idea of your plan before developing the team plan (overleaf). It may help you organise your personal ideas for a CPA or joint discussion with professionals.
	Title: Moving forward toolkit - 5 Summary: Moving Forward Toolkit: Local Information. The table contained in this document is designed to provide you with information which may be useful to you during your stay in our supported accommodation and to aid you in developing a route to recovery and successful independence.
	Title: Moving forward toolkit - 6 Summary: Establishing a Personal Support Network - How will you manage in an emergency? A personal support network is made up of individuals and teams who you can contact in an emergency to give you advice and assistance if needed.
	Title: Moving forward toolkit - 7 Summary: Final page of the toolkit - for correspondence.
	Title: Care_Programme Approach -_final Published: March 2008 Summary: Following the national consultation, Reviewing the Care programme Approach (CPA), and having considered the issues identified, this guidance updates policy and sets out positive practice guidance for trusts and commissioners to review local practice to refocus CPA within mental health services.
	Title: Review IEPC Published: Summary: Acute Enhanced ICPA Review form (eICPA1g). The review is an opportunity for you and your care co-ordinator to consult with the range of professionals involved in your care.
	Title: Risk-assessment - Lancashire NHS Trust Summary: Risk assessments vs. Assessing Risk. Documenting risk assessment. Assessing someone’s mood or behaviour prior to allowing any leave or an activity.
	Title: STAR Risk assessment tool Published: January 2002 Summary: Salford Tool for Assessment Risk (STAR). Assessment form for documenting the risk for self harm, suicide, violence, serious self neglect, exploitation/vulnerability, absconding. Also includes a risk management plan and a incident report form.

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Home » Recovery » Improving recovery

Title: Making recovery a reality - policy paper Published: March 2008 Summary: This policy paper presents some of the key ideas and examines their implications for the delivery of mental health services. It is not the last word on the topic of recovery; rather it aims to open up debate about how the recovery approach can be put into practice and what services need to do to make it happen.

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Home » Recovery » Self direction

Title: A voice and choice Published: September 2007 Summary: Self Directed Support by people with mental health problems - A Discussion Paper by Rita K. Brewis. This discussion document considers how Self Directed Support can help people with mental health problems achieve the same rights to full citizenship as others.

 

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Home » Recovery » User involvement

Title: MERSYCARE Involving Service Users and Carers Summary: The aim of this handbook is to share what Mersey Care staff have learned about involving service users and carers. We hope that it will encourage other organisations including NHS Trusts to be innovative and creative and we hope that it will inspire service users and carers elsewhere in the country to get involved and make a difference.

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Home » Partnerships » Formal partnerships » Dual diagnosis

	Title: Risk assess policy in new format Published: September 2007 Summary: The Management of risks with clients who have co-occurring mental health and substance misuse problems. This policy details risk assessment in relation to substance misuse (drugs and alcohol) for those individuals who also experience mental health difficulties. Title: Additional Risk assess summary form Summary: Additional Dual Diagnosis Risk Assessment Summary and Management Plan (for clients with mental health problems who misuse substances.)
	Title: Acute Ward Liaison in Psychiatric services across Nottinghamshire Summary: The Nottinghamshire Dual Diagnosis team has been running regular acute unit liaison clinics for a number of years in the city. The purpose of the clinics are to support in-patient psychiatric staff in instigating assessments and care plans for those people with co-morbid mental health and substance misuse problems.
	Title: Good practice guidance final Published: July 2004 Summary: This guidance has been written for staff on in-patient units in order to help them implement the most appropriate approach to helping clients to address their substance misuse problems whilst they are an in-patient. It also offers advice on the most appropriate way to deal with clients who take drugs or deal (offer to sell, exchange or give or supply) substances to other clients.

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Home » Partnerships » Formal partnerships » Dual diagnosis » Policy and reports

Title: Alcohol Strategy Toolkit Published: January 2008 Summary: Safe, sensible, social. Alcohol strategy local implementation toolkit. This toolkit is a resource to help local teams develop strategies to address alcohol-related crime, ill health and other harms in line with Safe. Sensible. Social. The next steps in the National Alcohol Strategy.

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Home » Partnerships » Formal partnerships » Gender

Title: Informed Gender Practice: Mental health acute care that works for women Published: June 2008 Summary: This document explains why and in what way women’s needs are different to men’s and how this affects their experience on the ward. It offers practical guidance to multidisciplinary teams on best practice in relation to the care and support of women as inpatients. It encourages all staff to take an approach which promotes understanding of the women’s journey. Jointly produced by NIMHE Gender Equality & Women’s Mental Health Programme, the Acute Care Programme and the Royal College of Nursing.

Title: Putting people first equality and diversity matters Published: March 2008 Summary: Putting people first: Equality and Diversity Matters 1. Providing appropriate services for lesbian, gay and bisexual and transgender people. Whilst this bulletin is primarily written to assist social care service providers, it may also be of interest to commissioners of adult care services and people using services.

 

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