Safe and appropriate care for young people on adult mental health wards - pilot programme report (21st September 2009)
This is the pilot report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists Research and Training Unit, who were commissioned to develop a set of standards to identify safe and appropriate care for young people on adult wards.
The pilot highlights areas of concern, particularly in training and safeguarding, and access to CAMHS support. The recommendations include:
This is the pilot report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists Research and Training Unit, who were commissioned to develop a set of standards to identify safe and appropriate care for young people on adult wards.
The pilot highlights areas of concern, particularly in training and safeguarding, and access to CAMHS support. The recommendations include:
- designating wards in advance
- defined liaison for adult wards from one CAMHS team
- closer joint working by commissioners of AMHS and CAMHS
- workforce development and training
- performance monitoring by SHAs
- monitoring of commissioning and provision of services for under 18s by the CQC
World Alzheimer Report (21st September 2009)
On 21 September 2009, World Alzheimer's Day, ADI released the World Alzheimer Report 2009, which presents the new and more accurate global figures indicating the true scale of the dementia epidemic we are facing.
The report presents the most comprehensive global prevalence study of dementia to date and looks at levels of mortality, disability, strain on carers and dependency. The report also offers examples of good national dementia plans and information on health service responses. Importantly, the report also includes eight recommendations that will provide a global framework for action on dementia.
Report
On 21 September 2009, World Alzheimer's Day, ADI released the World Alzheimer Report 2009, which presents the new and more accurate global figures indicating the true scale of the dementia epidemic we are facing.
The report presents the most comprehensive global prevalence study of dementia to date and looks at levels of mortality, disability, strain on carers and dependency. The report also offers examples of good national dementia plans and information on health service responses. Importantly, the report also includes eight recommendations that will provide a global framework for action on dementia.
Report
Benchmarking Mental Health Services (17th September 2009)
The NHS Benchmarking Network's new project on benchmarking mental health services aims to benchmark the commissioning and provision of mental health services and has 3 main components.
Information
The NHS Benchmarking Network's new project on benchmarking mental health services aims to benchmark the commissioning and provision of mental health services and has 3 main components.
- Adult Services
- CAMHS
- Community Mental Health Teams
Information
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