Upcoming events
Find out about upcoming and past events and training in quality improvement and psychiatric intensive care.
Save the date: Improving Transfer and Remission: A joint event working to transform care together
The Quality Network for Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (QNPICU), Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services (QNFMHS) and Quality Network for Prison Mental Health Services (QNPMHS) are excited to announce the joint event on 'Improving Transfer and Remission' on 21 October 2025.
You can find the draft programme here.
Details of the event
Date: 21 October 2025
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm (Timings to be confirmed)
Location: 21 Prescot Street, London E1 8BB
Prices
- £80 for anyone working in a member service for any of the three networks.
- £115 for non-members
- Patients and carers are able to attend the event for free.
We will be in touch with you about taking payment.
To book your place, complete this booking form.
If you have any questions about this event, please get in touch with us at PICU@rcpsych.ac.uk
You can also follow our X (formerly Twitter) page @rcpsychQNPICU to keep up to date with event announcements and Network opportunities.
Reviewer training enables staff from our member services to participate in accreditation visits to other psychiatric intensive care units. Participants will gain practical and theoretical knowledge of all aspects of participating in a peer-review visit. The day involves presentations, seminar discussions and role-play scenarios.
Staff from any discipline with an interest in being involved in external peer-reviews for the Quality Network can take part.
The training is free to member services.
Upcoming training sessions
All reviewer training sessions are held virtually and will give potential reviewers the opportunity to gain practical knowledge about how to conduct a peer-review visit. The online training session will involve presentations and discussions to develop the skills of a reviewer. All training sessions cover accreditation reviews.
You can find the upcoming dates and book your place using this online form.
For any queries, please contact PICU@rcpsych.ac.uk.
The QNPICU Carer Engagement and Involvement Webinar emerged from our desire to keep meaningful conversations about carer engagement going.
This webinar aimed to provide a dedicated space to share best practices, celebrate achievements, and inspire services to enhance their carer engagement or begin new initiatives. It also served as an opportunity to revisit the QNPICU Carer Engagement and Involvement Guidance, published in August 2023, to maximise its impact.
The webinar brought together 55 delegates and featured inspiring speakers from member services, NHS Trusts, charities, and larger organisations.
The highlights document provides an overview of the presentations and feedback. Member services can also access the webinar recording and presentations on our online discussion forum, KnowledgeHub.
To join knowledge hub, please email ‘join knowledge hub’ to: PICU@rcpsych.ac.uk.
If you would like to access presentations from our past events such as online webinars and annual forums, you can find these on our group page on Knowledge Hub under the 'library' tab.
To join Knowledge Hub, email 'join' to picu@rcpsych.ac.uk.
Our Quality Network for Psychiatric Intensive Care Units teamed up with the National Association for Psychiatric Intensive Care Units during the COVID-19 pandemic to create a series of webinars for the CCQI.