Click on the links below for more information about
QNIC
Why was the network established and what
does it do?
Details of how to join QNIC and what
membership provides
Details
of all units that are participating in Cycle 8 of
the QNIC reviews
QNIC
Routine Outcome Measurements Service - Click here for more information and how to
join
How to join the group and details of
recent discussions
Including information about lead reviewer
training
Download slides of presentations and
workshops from the forum held in May 2009
The next Annual Forum will be on Wedneday
2nd June 2010
Download the new edition of the QNIC Service
Standards and other documents
Listings of Tier 4 Services in the UK and overseas QNIC
members
Download Google Maps showing the location of
Tier 4 CAMHS units and directions to them
A new resource which is part of a planned
programme to support the development of quality commissioning of
inpatient care and care planning for young people requiring mental
health care has been launched.
Members have the opportunity to provide the
QNIC project team with valuable feedback on the peer review
process
Why was the network been established and what does it do?
QNIC was developed from the National In-patient Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry Study (NICAPS)
in 2001. The network aims to demonstrate and improve the
quality of in-patient child and adolescent psychiatric in-patient
care through a system of review against the QNIC service standards.
This process follows a clinical audit cycle with self-review and
peer-review.
Given their short supply and high cost, it is essential that
child and adolescent psychiatric in-patient units demonstrate their
quality and appropriateness. However, because of their geographic
spread, unit staff can feel isolated and unable to communicate with
other CAMHS professionals. Therefore, quality improvement can occur
in isolation. QNIC aims to resolve this by providing a single
channel for the effective dissemination of important information
from central sources such as national and professional bodies and
coordinating information sharing between units, e.g. regarding best
practice.
QNIC reviews are not an inspection or accreditation test, nor
a drive to uniformity. It is a supportive network with the emphasis
on facilitating change.
The network was originally funded for 3 years by The Health
Foundation (previously PPP Medical Healthcare Trust). It is now
funded by the subscriptions of members.
Would you like to attend a QNIC review?
The review days run from 10am - 3.30pm and provide an
excellent opportunity to visit another service and network with
other CAMHS professionals. All disciplines are welcomed as part of
the review team and each day will be led by an experienced lead
reviewer.
The link below outlines all the peer reviews so far up until
Christmas. If you would like to attend one of these reviews please
fill in the form below and return it to the QNIC team.
Joining QNIC
We are now recruiting members for Cycle 9 of QNIC - please
click below to download a joining form, which outlines the annual
cycle and the QNIC process. For more information about QNIC
please contact qnic@cru.rcpsych.ac.uk or phone
020 7977 6691/2/3.
Please click on the image above to download the QNIC
Information Leaflet
Membership of the network provides
- Updated service standards
- Peer-review visit from other CAMHS professionals
- A local service evaluation and report
- A national annual report - allowing services to benchmark and
compare their activity and performance with all other units
- A newsletter which is produced 2 times a year
- The QNIC email discussion group
- Reduced rates to attend the QNIC Annual Forum
- A certificate of participation
- New: QNIC Routine Outcome Measurements Service
Useful Downloads
Other Useful Information
To download information leaflets, covering a
range of issues relevant to young people, their parents and
professionals please click
here
Please click here to link to the
Headspace Toolkit website