Dyfodol events

The Dyfodol National Psychosis Conference was held in April 2026, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. The conference was held in partnership with RCPsych in Wales, and the highlights have been documented in our report.

The conference served as the official launch event for Dyfodol. We were delighted to be joined by Kate Northcott Spall, who delivered a keynote address to introduce Wim's Protocol, a newly co-produced practical safety regime for the prescribing and physical health monitoring of Clozapine, named in memory of Wim Northcott.

The event featured a wide range of academic presentations, clinical research, and lived-experience perspectives focused on modernising psychosis care and addressing systemic healthcare inequalities. Key topics included closing the physical health mortality gap for people with severe mental illness, safeguarding against "AI-induced psychosis" caused by chatbot sycophancy and reality distortion, advancing the All-Wales Psychiatric Genomics Service, managing late-onset psychosis alongside digital ECG innovations, and establishing urgent care standards for postpartum psychosis.

Additionally, 15 shortlisted academic posters were showcased, covering clinical audits, trial outcomes, and novel diagnostic approaches.

Our 'from crisis to care' report summarises the international roundtable, that focuses on international approaches to youth mental health crisis interventions. The session primarily compared two newly implemented 24/7 support models: Wales’ '111 Press 2' mental health support line and Western Australia’s 'CAMHS Crisis Connect (CCC)'.

In its first year, the 111 Press 2 service handled over 100,000 calls, successfully reducing distress in 99% of cases, with half of the calls resolving through self-care advice and only 10% requiring immediate crisis intervention. Meanwhile, Western Australia’s CCC, developed to divert unnecessary emergency department (ED) visits, utilised Interrupted Time Series (ITS) analysis to demonstrate a 29% reduction in ED presentations and a 28% drop in inpatient admissions following its introduction.

Through comparative analysis, both teams identified shared challenges in service accessibility, digital engagement, and the need for seamless integration with broader mental health systems. To build on these insights, the partnership established several 'forward looking' action points to shape future commissioning. These priorities include co-producing service designs directly with young people, developing robust economic cases based on ED avoidance, and utilising advanced data analytics to map local deprivation and forecast service demand during external crises (such as climate-related hazards or economic shocks like mass redundancies). Ultimately, this cross-national exchange aims to drive data-informed service improvements and establish evidence based best practices for youth mental health care across both countries.

The roundtable was a collaboration between Dyfodol and the CAMHS Service of the Government of Western Australia. The roundtable was supported by the Learned Society of Wales.