What is POMH-UK?

The national Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health (POMH-UK) aims to help specialist mental health Trusts/healthcare organisations improve their prescribing practice.  POMH-UK, with its member organisations, identifies specific topics within mental health prescribing and develops audit-based Quality Improvement Programmes (QIPs).

Organisations are able to benchmark their performance against one another and identify where their prescribing practice meets nationally agreed standards and where it falls short.  Wide participation in QIPs creates a picture of prescribing practice nationally.

POMH-UK was originally funded by a tapering grant from an independent charity, the Health Foundation, under its ‘Engaging with Quality’ initiative. The project is now funded by subscriptions from member organisations. POMH-UK does not recieve funding from the pharmaceutical industry.

Find out more and join Find out more information about POMH-UK QIPs and how the project is run, and information on registration. Member organisations Public resources Access to information designed for service users and carers and the publications list. New CPD online module: "How patient-centred are you? Shared decision making in psychiatric practice" Member resources, interventions and data entry area Password protected area for current members, with access to resources, the data entry page and opportunities to feedback. Please note you will have to log in with the relevant POMH-UK username and password to access these areas. Contact us If you have any questions, or need more information then please contact one of the team.