Liaison faculty news, reports and resources
Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry Annual Conference 2024: Adapting to the Future of Healthcare
Date: 15-17 May 2024
Location: RCPsych London/Livestream
Past editions
- Spring 2021
- Summer 2020
- Winter 2019
- Summer 2019
- Winter 2018
- Spring 2018
- Winter 2017
- Summer 2017
- Winter 2016/2017
- Spring 2016
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- reports on service development
- education
- training
- audits
- conferences and events.
Please note that we do not accept case reports for publication.
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Faculty reports
- Alternatives to emergency departments for mental health assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF)
- Liaison psychiatry and the management of long-term conditions and medically unexplained symptoms (PDF)
- Framework for routine outcome measurement in Liaison psychiatry (PDF)
- Integrated care for long term physical health conditions and medically unexplained symptoms: a survey of Liaison psychiatry services (PDF)
College reports
- Liaison psychiatry for every acute hospital: Integrated mental and physical healthcare (PDF)
- Managing Deliberate Self Harm in Young People (PDF)
- Assessment Following Self-harm in Adults (PDF)
Consensus statements
Position statements
- The role of liaison psychiatry in integrated physical and mental healthcare (PDF)
- Provision of liaison psychiatry services across the lifepan (PDF)
- Position statement on the involvement of anaesthetists in restraint teams (PDF)
Quality improvement
In 2016 in partnership with Health Education England we ran a pilot to develop a credential in Liaison Psychiatry. The pilot was aimed at consultants who already have a CCT in General or Old Age psychiatry (or equivalent) who wish to work in a liaison psychiatry service as a Liaison psychiatrist. The aim was to establish what a post CCT credential could look like, and the cost and feasibility of participating.
Currently, formal training in Liaison Psychiatry is only offered as part of higher specialist training leading to an endorsement. A recognised training route is needed for consultants working (or expected to work) in this area, who do not hold an endorsement
in liaison psychiatry to meet the service demands.
The pilot is now complete and we are moving through the GMC's Early Adopter process. If you are interested in the outcome or would like to be kept informed of any future opportunities please complete our online form.
Visit the College's credentialing webpage for the latest information, including the early adopter process with the GMC.
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Liaison psychiatry discussion lists
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Thanks to Dr Alex Thomson and Dr Shammi Shetty for collating and categorising the resources below. We are grateful to Liaison Psychiatry colleagues for their willingness to share their resources with Faculty members.
Advice for Workers
Psychological Impact of workers in China
Lancet article on Chinese Experience
Summary of article – Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
Psychological Considerations for HCW during pandemic
Preparation and Planning Guidance for HCW during Pandemic
Stages of planning for COVID-19 summary
Planning and Preparedness Guidance for services
Planning and Preparedness Guidance infographic
Phases of COVID-19 crisis and expected needs, recommendations and possible role of psychology
Mental Health Advice for HCW during COVID-19
Ealing Staff Wellbeing Huddles
Advice for HCW and patients
WHO Mental Health COVID-19 Guidance
Advice for Patients
COVID-19 Anxiety Leaflet – Oncology Service
Resilience through the pandemic
COVID-19 Mental Health Summary Advice
Clinicians Tools for Assessment and Treatment of Patients
Breaking Bad News during the Pandemic
RNOH Having Difficult Conversations
Contacting relatives to communicate death
How to tell children someone has died
MH Triage and Assessment Frameworks
Prescribing Guidance
Delirium and COVID-19
Delirium COVID- 19 Drug Interactions
Management tips for Suspected Delirium in patients with COVID-19
MH Legal Framework during COVID-19
West London NHS has created a series of videos, hosted on YouTube, for emergency staff.