Service Implementation Criteria and Standards:
Every two years your service will be invited to a consultation
workshop on the criteria and standards used by the network.
Your service will be invited to contribute to the development of
further standards for forensic services.
A detailed
service evaluation and report: The project team supports
each member service to complete a self-review and then
organise a peer-review visit, where other practitioners will visit
the service. Data will be collected via interviews and a local
report will be written, detailing the extent to which the unit has
met the service standards.
An organised visit to another
service: Staff from your service will be invited to review
other services as members of a peer-review team. They will be
supported by a member of the central project team. Staff learn
valuable lessons from seeing good practice, practice elsewhere and
engage in frank discussion about problems and explore potential
solutions. Teams also learn about the standards and their rationale
by using them to evaluate a service.
Report of aggregated
findings: Aggregated data from all participating units are
summarised in a national report, which will allow members to
benchmark their service against others. The report will also
provide a helpful list of ‘experts’ to contact for advice on
specific issues.
Network newsletter and E-mail
discussion group: The newsletter provides policy news, a
project update and papers written by members describing research
and initiatives taking place. The E-mail discussion group is a
speedy way to access the experience and knowledge of other members.
The list can also be used to advertise events and job
vacancies.
Annual Members’ Forum:
Members present summaries of problems and progress in their service
and share lessons learned. Members will also have the
opportunity to feedback their views on the review process and
influence the future direction of the network. Members will be
the first to hear about the aggregated results from the
peer-reviews.
Certificate of participation:
On completion of the annual cycle, each member will service receive
a certificate of participation awarded by the Royal College of
Psychiatrists. This will confirm that staff are committed to
ongoing evaluation and quality improvement, and striving to meet
best practice standards.
Cost: The core subscription
cost is £3,605 plus VAT per service/unit with 1-4 wards, and for
units with 5-12 wards the cost is £4,635 plus VAT per
service/unit.
Further information: