Patient Recorded Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Community Mental Health Implementation Guide

The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) at the Royal College of Psychiatrists have developed an evidence-based implementation guide for routine Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in community mental health services for adults, including older adults, with severe mental illness (SMI). This work was commissioned by NHS England.

Increasing the use of PROMs in community mental health services is an important feature of the 2019 NHS Long Term Plan. In collaboration with an expert stakeholder group, NHS England has recommended three PROMs for use in community mental health services to implement by the end of 2023/24. These are DIALOG, Goals Based Outcomes (GBO) and ReQoL-10.

The implementation guidance is for individuals and organisations working towards the implementation of PROMs in transformed community mental health services and includes 1) recommendations for the delivery of PROMs, 2) administration of the PROMs and 3) the rationale for the use of the three PROMs (singly or in combination) at multiple levels of the care system. 

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  • Dr Rob Bale, Clinical Director and Consultant Psychiatrist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Rahul Bhattacharya, Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Lead for Mental health Payment and Outcomes, East London Foundation Trust & Consultant Psychiatrist ELFT and Vice-Chair, Royal College of Psychiatrist's Outcomes Group
  • Alison Brabban, Clinical lead for community transformation,Adult Mental Health, Tyne Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust & National Clinical Advisor, NHS England
  • Alysha Carter, Member of Equality Advisory Group, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH)
  • Prof David Clark, National Clinical and Informatics Advisor for IAPT, Chair of Experimental Psychology, and Clinical Director for Oxford Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma, NHS England 
  • Wendy Copeland , Clinical Outcomes Programme Lead , Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust 
  • Mark Farmer, Lived Experience Practitioner and member of Adult Mental Health Advisory network, NHS England 
  • Anna Farndale, Programme Manager, Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Team, NHS England
  • Cheryl Ford, Senior Project Manager for outcomes and experience, Infrastructure team, NHS England
  • Tracey Gilzene, Project Manager Outcomes and Benefits Realisation Lead , Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Duygu Guzeltas, Community Co‑production Officer, Rethink Mental Illness
  • Josie Hurt, Project Manager for Outcomes and Experience, Infrastructure team, NHS England
  • Kevin  James, Lived Experience Practitioner and member of AMH Advisory network , NHS England 
  • Upkar Jheeta, Head of Mental Health Transformation, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Jai  Kumar, Psychiatrist, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust & Faculty of the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability
  • Chris Lynch, Lived Experience Practitioner and Co-Chair of Adult Mental Health Team Advisory Network, NHS England 
  • Dr Guy Northover, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Lead Clinical Director, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Prof. David Osborn, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, University College London & Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Psychiatry, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust 
  • Dr Olusegun Popoola, Consultant Psychiatrist, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Jonathan Richardson, Chief Clinical Information Officer & Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust 
  • Dr Inder Sawhney, Consultant Psychiatrist & Clinical Director Learning Disability Services, LD & Forensic SBU, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and RCPsych Faculty of the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability
  • Dr Colette Selmer, Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Adult Mental Health, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Clare Smyth, Senior Project Manager, Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Team, NHS England
  • Alex Stirzaker, Clinical Lead for IAPT & SMI, South West region, NHS England 
  • Dr Sadira Teeluckdharry, Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Director, CMHTs, Birmingham and Solihull Community Mental Health Teams
  • Dr Lou Thomas, Research Manager, National Autism Research Team and person with lived experience, NHS England
  • Ben Walford, Member of Equality Advisory Group, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH)
  • Dr Adrian Whittington, National Lead for Psychological Professions,  NHS England
  • Kelly Winstanley, Interim National Clinical Lead , Mental Health Matters

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