Showing posts with label mental health crisis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mental health crisis. Show all posts

Friday, 4 December 2015

Clinical guidance promoting safer medical care of patients detained under the Mental Health Act

"Through this project, we were able to identify defects in a system, provide needed guidance to enable safer and more equitable care to a vulnerable group, and foster closer collaboration between junior doctors and managers in the design and use of services."

How safe is our "place of safety"? Clinical guidance promoting safer medical care of patients detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act
J Mouko, A Goddard, V Nimmo-Smith
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u209141.w3721

Read more here.

Friday, 12 June 2015

Mental health crisis care review

Two reports have been published following a review of mental health crisis services. The reports consider aspects of quality, safety and effectiveness, as well as patient experience.

Mental health crisis review – experiences of black and minority ethnic communities
Jeraj, Samir, Shoham, Tara and Islam-Barrett, Farah
Race Equality Foundation
June 2015

Access the report here.

Right here, right now: Mental health crisis care review
Care Quality Commission
June 2015

Access the report here.