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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