The Projects:
ACP 360
This is the College’s multi-source
feedback system for psychiatrists. The psychiatrist completes a
self-appraisal and is also appraised by their colleagues and
patients about performance in eight domains including
communication, availability, relationships with colleagues and with
patients. Participants receive a report presenting their results in
an accessible format and in the context of national benchmarks.
Accreditation for Acute
Inpatient Mental Health Services (AIMS)
AIMS is a standards-based accreditation
service designed to improve the quality of care in psychiatric
wards. Standards are drawn from authoritative sources and
cover all aspects of the inpatient journey. Compliance is measured
by self- and peer-review. Accreditation is valid for up to 4
years, subject to an annual self-review. AIMS accredits acute and
assessment wards for working age adults and wards for older
people.
Community
of Communities (C of C)
This is a standards-based quality
improvement network bringing together Therapeutic Communities (TCs)
in the UK and internationally. Member communities are located in
Health, Education, Social Care and Prison settings. The network
enables therapeutic communities to engage in service evaluation and
quality improvement using methods and values that reflect their
philosophy, specifically the belief that responsibility is best
promoted through interdependence.
ECT
Accreditation Service (ECTAS)
ECTAS is a standards-based accreditation
service designed to improve the quality of the administration of
electroconvulsive therapy. Feedback from clinics undertaking the
accreditation process indicates that ECTAS has helped bring about
widespread improvements in the provision of ECT, including
investment in new equipment and better deployment of staff.
Memory Services
National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP)
This is a new standards-based accreditation
programme designed to improve the quality of care received by
people with memory problems/dementia (specifically focusing on the
process around the assessment and diagnosis of memory
problems/dementia). The CCQI, in partnership with the National
Institute for Mental Health in England (NIHME)/Care Services
Improvement Partnership (CSIP) North West, has piloted this
programme in the North West of England. Due to
the success of this pilot and the high levels of interest from
memory services around the country, the programme became available
nationwide from June 2009 and is currently open for membership.
AIMS Learning
Disabilities
This is a new standards-based accreditation
service designed to improve the quality of care for people with
learning disabilities and mental health needs. Standards have
been developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts including
people with learning disabilities and their carers. The
accreditation process involves self- and peer-review. The
programme began at the beginning of 2009 and is currently open for
membership.
National Audit
of Psychological Therapies for Anxiety and
Depression
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Programme
Partnership (HQIP) has made funding available for 3 years to
conduct a national audit of psychological therapies for people
suffering from anxiety and depression in England and Wales. The
audit aims to promote access, appropriateness,
acceptability and positive outcomes of
treatment for those suffering from depression and anxiety.
National Audit of Dementia (care
in general hospitals)
Admission to a general hospital can be a
difficult and distressing event for people with dementia and is
often associated with a worsening in their condition. This audit
will help to identify structures, clinical practice and standards
affecting people with dementia in general hospitals across England
and Wales and to look into priority areas for improvement of
services for people with dementia.
Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health-UK
(POMH-UK)
POMH-UK helps mental health services monitor
and improve prescribing
practice. The project provides a range of services
to members (Trusts and private healthcare organisations). The
core are fully supported programmes of clinical audit,
individualised benchmarking reports and a range of change
interventions to help improve practice.
Quality
Improvement Network for Multi-Agency CAMHS
(QINMAC)
QINMAC is a network of ‘Tier 2 and 3’
community-based child and adolescent mental health services
(CAMHS). It improves mental health services for children and
young people through a supportive, standards-based review process.
A key focus of the network is the interface between
Specialist CAMHS and other agencies involved in children and young
people’s care, such as Social Services Departments, Education, and
the voluntary sector.
Quality
Network for Inpatient CAMHS (QNIC)
QNIC is a network for in-patient child and
adolescent mental health services. Approximately 85-90% of units in
the UK and Ireland are members and the network has recently
expanded with services in Iceland, Norway and Turkey participating.
QNIC demonstrates and improves the quality of child and adolescent
psychiatric in-patient care through a system of review against
service standards. The process is supportive and enables
information sharing between services that can sometimes be
isolated.
Quality
Network for Forensic Mental Health Services
The network facilitates quality improvement
and change in forensic mental health settings through peer-review.
A fundamental principle is that of listening to and being led by
frontline staff and service users. The model is one of engagement.
The network identifies areas for improvement through a culture of
openness and enquiry rather than of inspection or blame. The
process breaks down isolation, promotes learning between services
and supports local staff to improve their services in line with
national guidance about best practice.
Quality Network for
Perinatal Mental Health Services
This new peer-review network works with in-patient mother
and baby units. Standards have been developed in collaboration with
perinatal professionals and service users. The network measures
services’ performance against the standards and encourages quality
improvement and information sharing between peers. The long term
aim is to work with other perinatal mental health services
such as outreach teams.