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The National Audit of Schizophrenia (NAS)
launches a new clinical resource:
“THE LESTER UK ADAPTATION – Positive Cardiometabolic
Health Resource: an intervention framework for patients with
psychosis on antipsychotic medication.”
This clinical resource provides a simple framework for
identifying and treating cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes risks
in patients with psychosis receiving antipsychotic medication,
which supports collaborative practice across professional
disciplines and service settings. Its development was
facilitated by the National Audit of Schizophrenia (NAS) an
initiative led by the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Centre for
Quality Improvement, funded by the Healthcare Quality Improvement
Partnership (HQIP) and involving a close collaboration with the
Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal College
of Nursing (RCN).
The RCGP Clinical Innovation and Research Centre has been
working with the NAS project team to produce a clinical resource
for the United Kingdom (UK), adapted from work by Australian
colleagues (Curtis et al, 2012). This resource provides a
simple collaborative framework for identifying and treating
cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes risks in any service
setting.
The resource was adapted for UK use
initially through a consensus group* led on behalf of the RCGP by
Professor Helen Lester and has now been fully endorsed by the RCGP,
Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of Nursing, Royal
College of Physicians, HQIP, Rethink Mental Illness and Diabetes
UK.
Download a PDF of the resource
Lead Authors on the UK adaptation
Helen Lester*, David Shiers*, Imran Rafi*,
Steven Cooper*, Richard Holt*.
To cite: Lester H,
Shiers DE, Rafi I, Cooper SJ, Holt RIG. (2012) Positive
Cardiometabolic Health Resource: an intervention framework for
patients with psychosis on antipsychotic medication. Royal
College of Psychiatrists. London.
Expert contributions and review
comments:
Particular thanks to: Salima Adatia, Thomas
Barnes, Mike Crawford, Ahmet Fuat*,Roger Gadsby*, Fiona Gaughran,
Kathryn Griffiths*, Kamlesh Khunti*, Ian Maidment, Carol Paton,
Maxine Patel, David Taylor, Jogin Thakore, Andre Tylee*,
David Yeomans.
Special acknowledgement:
This resource was inspired by the HETI
initiative in Sydney, New South Wales led
by Dr Jackie Curtis, Consultant psychiatrist and Dr Katherine
Samaras, Professor of Endocrinology, to whom we offer very warm
thanks for their ongoing involvement and support in developing this
UK adaptation of their original work.
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