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February 2012
JCP-MH Volume 2 Wave 1
Descriptors
The JCP-MH have now published their first four commissioning
guides. These are aimed at commissioners of mental health services
and describe what a ‘good’ service configuration should look like,
bringing together scientific evidence, service user and carer
experience, and case studies of best practice.
The four guides that have been published are:
The JCP-MH have also published a new summary briefing
– what is the JCP?
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December 2011
Prison Transfers: a survey
The College has produced a report which has drawn upon the
experiences and the expertise of psychiatrists working within
prisons and hospitals to identify some of the delays in transfering
prisoners with mental health problems to appropriate health care
settings.
This project arose from Lord Bradley's review of people with
mental health problems in the criminal justice system. This
review contained a recommendation that the Department of
Health develop a new minimum target for the NHS of 14 days to
transfer a prisoner with acute, severe mental illness to an
appropriate healthcare setting as quickly and as smoothly as
possible. This report is an opportunity to highlight good
practice within these settings.
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July 2011
Do the right thing: how to judge a good
ward
Distilled from existing working-age inpatient
ward standards, this new Occasional Paper by the College aims to
(a) offer a useful minimum checklist of standards for managers and
commissioners of services to apply in strategic planning and in
assessing for themselves the quality of their wards; and (b) to
provide elaboration of the ten standards drawing on the evidence of
current practice as found by the reviewing bodies.
It is hoped that this report will make the
case that in-patient services need continued investment to make
patient experience healthier, safer and more conducive to proper
clinical recovery and rehabilitation.
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June 2011
Developing services to
improve the quality of life of young adults with neurodevelopmental
disorders, emotional/neurotic disorders and emerging personality
disorder
This Occasional Paper pulls together – for the first time –
research which shows that, in terms of quality of life,
neurodevelopmental disorders, emotional/neurotic disorders and
emerging personality disorder have as great an impact, or greater,
than physical health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension,
back problems, Parkinson's disease or rheumatic disease.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists hopes that
reading this document will prompt commissioners, clinicians and
providers to develop better services for these young people and
thereby improve their quality of life.
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May 2011
In sight and in mind: A
toolkit to reduce the use of out of area mental health
services
Designed to support health, social care and
housing commissioners, In sight and in
mind seeks to assist in developing and commissioning
services that are as close to home as possible for people using
mental health services and their families.
The toolkit was edited by Dr Tony Ryan, Gareth Davies, Andy
Bennett, Dr Helen Killaspy (Chair of the Royal College of
Psychiatrists Faculty of Rehabilitation and Social Psychiatry)
and Richard Meier (Policy Analyst, Policy Unit, Royal College
of Psychiatrists)
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March 2011
Practical mental health
commissioning: A framework for local authority and NHS
commissioners of mental health and wellbeing services. Volume 1:
Setting the scene
Practical mental health commissioning is
the first of three briefing documents for commissioners in local
authorities and the NHS. It is intended to explain the changing
commissioning environment and how commissioners can make the most
of available resources to improve the quality and outcomes of
mental health and social care services in their area.
The document was written by Andy Bennett, Steve Appleton and
Catherine Jackson, and produced by the Joint Commissioning Panel
for Mental Health - www.jcpmh.info - of which the Royal
College of Psychiatrists is a member.
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December 2010
Diversion: the business case for
action
The Centre for Mental Health, Rethink and the Royal
College of Psychiatrists have recently published a briefing paper
on Diversion. Diversion: the business case for
action makes the economic case for the importance of
diversion, an approach which seeks to ensure that people with
mental health problems who come into contact with the police and
courts are identified and directed towards appropriate mental
health care, particularly as an alternative to imprisonment.
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November
2010
Making the case for a rehabilitation facility: Helping
psychiatrists to work together with commissioners and senior
service managers by Tom Edwards, Richard Meier
and Helen Killaspy
This document, produced by the Royal College of
Psychiatrists’ Faculty of Rehabilitation and Social Psychiatry with
assistance from the Policy Unit, aims to skill up
rehabilitation psychiatrists and ensure that they have the
necessary information and tools to influence their fellow
professionals in commissioning and service management.
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November 2010
Welfare Reform
Earlier this year the DWP commissioned
an Independent Review of the WCA (Work Capability Assessment). The
WCA determines if claimants are eligible for ESA (Employment and
Supporter Allowance) benefit. Part of the review was a consultation
aimed at organisations that have relevant information to how the
WCA operates.
The College has concerns about the
WCA’s current ability to accurately assess the impact of mental
health conditions on an individual’s ability to work. These
concerns were expressed by an extensive contribution to a joint
response to the
consultation with the Centre for Mental Health, Mind and
Rethink.
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October 2010
Position Statement on Public Mental Health: No Health Without
Mental Health: The Case for Action
Prior to the launch of the Government’s public health proposals,
the College produced a position statement,
No Health without Public Mental Health: The Case for
Action. The College also launched a shorter
parliamentary briefing to accompany the position statement.
These documents were launched at an All-Party
Parliamentary Group on mental health meeting at which the Rt Hon
Steven Dorrell MP, Chair of the Health Select Committee, was the
keynote speaker. This launch was well attended by MPs and Peers and
stakeholders with an interest in public health.
Following the launch, the issue was debated in the
House of Lords and discussed in the
Northern Ireland Assembly. The College’s work in
promoting public mental health was successful in ensuring that the
Public
Health White Paper, launched on 30th October, had an
important focus on mental health.
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October 2010
Crisis resolution and home treatment services for older
people
This project, undertaken by the Policy Unit on behalf of the
College's Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, set out to find out about,
and describe, a range of existing models in working age and
old age services of crisis resolution/home treatment and
intermediate care services. Findings from the study (in spreadsheet
format) are available
here. Hard copies of the findings are also available upon
request.
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September 2010
Commissioning mental health
services in England: a collaboration between RCPsych, RCGP, NMHDU,
and the NHS Confederation
The new White Paper document, Liberating the NHS: Commissioning
for Patients, signals a significant shift in the way in which many
mental health services will be commissioned and held to
account.
Commissioning for Patients details the Government's intentions
to introduce both GP-led commissioning and a new NHS Commissioning
Board.
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June 2010
Self-harm, Suicide and Risk: Helping People who
Self-harm
This College report (CR158) looks at why people harm and kill
themselves and considers the role (including the limits of the
role) that psychiatrists and other mental healthcare professionals
play in their care and treatment. The experiences and views of
people who harm themselves as well as those of their carers, health
professionals and third-sector workers are central to this
enquiry.
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Ongoing work throughout the year
Responses to Consultations
The Policy Unit plays a key policy
and administrative role in ensuring that the College responds to
consultations that may impact upon psychiatrists, service users,
carers and the mental health world more broadly.
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