Demand, Capacity and Flow QI Collaborative: Wave 2
The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health at the Royal College of Psychiatrists launched the second wave of the Demand, Capacity and Flow Collaborative in April 2025.
Following a successful first cohort of the DCF Collaborative, the NCCMH launched the second wave in April 2025. The design of the collaborative and support offered will be based on our learning from the first wave, which finished in July 2024.
Based on our learning from delivering wave 1 and teams/services that particularly benefited from the work, this wave will focus on specific specialities and invite the following service types to apply for wave 2:
- CAMHS
- Talking therapies
- Psychological therapies in SMI
- Autism services
The Collaborative will run for two years, beginning April 2025. The initial six months will involve teams understanding their system and change theory through process mapping and creating a driver diagram. We will also support the teams to co-produce their work and bring an equity lens to it. The following 18 months will be spent testing ideas and embedding changes.
