This network supports frontline staff in
delivering child and adolescent mental health
services for children and young people with learning
disabilities. The work is being undertaken by QINMAC (Quality
Improvement Network for Multi-Agency CAMHS) and applies the
same model of quality improvement that has been successfully
applied to Tier 2 and 3 CAMHS.
Background to the network
In 2005, the Royal College of Psychiatrists'
College Research and Training Unit (CRTU) gained funding from the
Department of Health to i) develop a set of service standards for
Learning Disability Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (LD
CAMHS); and ii) establish a quality network that will support the
improvement of these services. This professionally-led
network draws together the services that support young people with
learning disabilities and mental health problems and enables the
sharing of best practice.
QINMAC’s LD network aims
to:
- Develop and apply standards for LD CAMHS via a system of self-
and external peer-review;
- Support local implementation of national policy, as identified
in the QINMAC standards;
- Produce reports for each team, highlighting areas of
achievement and areas for improvement;
- Develop a national “benchmarking” service to allow teams to
compare their activity with other teams;
- Facilitate information-sharing between staff in the network,
e.g. regarding best practice; and
- Support routine data collection, e.g. regarding clinical and
cost outcomes, and staff and patient census measures
The partners and the wider
collaboration
- QINMAC has worked closely with Do Once and
Share (DOAS) – a project set up to develop a national consensus on
a care pathway for children with learning disabilities and mental
health needs
QINMAC also works in collaboration with the
following partners:
- The Foundation for People with Learning
Disabilities (FPLD)
- The Royal College of Nursing;
- YoungMinds;
- The Child and Adolescent Learning Disability Psychiatry
Network
- The National Institute for Mental Health in
England’s National CAMHS Support Service (NCSS);
- The CAMHS subgroup of the Mental Health
Network, NHS Confederation; and
- The Welsh Assembly Government
Further Information
For more details about the QINMAC LD network
see our Benefits of
Membership
Please click on the images below for a
copy of the QINMAC LD standards, Annual
Report 2007, and Annual Report
Summary.
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QINMAC LD Standards |
QINMAC LD
Annual Report 2008
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How to join
If you would like to join the network please
email qinmac@cru.rcpsych.ac.uk for
an application pack, specifying 'LD membership'.
Click on the links below for more
information