Liaison JISCMail summary

Each month, hot topics in liaison psychiatry, requests for information and the occasional job advert are posted on the liaison psychiatry JISCMail. You can now access a summary of the last couple of month's postings here or go straight to the site itself for more archived material.

Latest news

• No health without mental health
  The RCPsych and the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges have Launched a campaign to strengthen both the provision of mental health care to people with physical illness,  and the quality of phyisical healthcare provided to people with mental health problems. There is an ALERT to 5 priority areas, which can be found here, together with information for patients and carers, healthcare professionals and other resources.

• The NHS Confederation has published a report "Healthy Mind, Healthy Body" arguing for Liaison Psychiatry services.

• The Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network (PLAN) is the newly established Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network run by the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI).It is open to all liaison services in the UK and Ireland. Its aim is to support liaison services to continually improve and develop, at a suitable pace.

• How liaison psychiatry services can transform quality and productivity in acute settings

  This Mental Health Network Briefing looks at opportunities to improve quality and efficiency in acute services by focusing on the needs of the significant number of patients who also have mental health problems complicating their care and discharge. It sets out some good practice examples together with academic evidence to build a business case for liaison psychiatry services.

• Moving forwards
  The Moving Forwards: Pathways to Better Mental Health and Well-being' Report’