What is the Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health
Services?
The Quality
Network for Forensic Mental Health Services aims to facilitate
quality improvement and change in forensic mental health settings
through a supportive peer-review network.
The network adopts a
multi-disciplinary approach to quality improvement. Central to the
network is the value of services sharing best practice, and a
fundamental principle is that of listening to and being led by
frontline staff and service users. The network serves to identify
areas for improvement through a culture of openness and enquiry
rather than inspection or blame; the model is one of engagement
rather than inspection.
Members are expected to
use the results of reviews to develop action plans to achieve year
on year improvement. They are also expected to share their
results with key groups locally, including health and local
authorities, those making referrals to their services and local
user and carer groups.
Participating
services are able to benchmark their practice against similar
services and demonstrate the quality of care they
provide.
QNFMHS is an
initiative of the College Centre for Quality Improvement. For more
information on the Network, and the implementation criteria please
see the Introduction to the
Network.
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