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iMind February 2022 is now available.
In this issue:
- Chair's blog post
- details of the Spring Conference
- reflections on the opportunities and challenges of the community mental health transformation
- many insightful contributions from Faculty members describing how they have managed and adapted during the pandemic
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Spring Conference - joint event with Faculty of Medical Psychotherapy
Date: 23 and 24 March 2022
Location: Online event
Faculty of General Adult Psychiatry Coproduction Network: Celebrating Seni’s Law: A testament to Ajibola Lewis. Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018). Coproduction and race equality
Date: Thursday 31 March 2022
Time: 10.30am – 1.30pm
Location: Online
To book a free place please complete this short online booking form. You will receive a confirmation email with joining information.
Better Data, Better Care
Date: 27 April 2022
Location: tbc
Books
- Primary Care Mental Health (2nd edition)
Reports
- Models of Care
- Why QI? A guide to quality improvement (PDF)
- Good mental health services for young people (PDF)
- Compassion in care: ten things you can do to make a difference (PDF)
- Improving physical health for people with mental illness: what can be done? (PDF)
- Acute Care Commission: General Adult faculty final response (PDF)
- CR 164 - Parents as patients: Supporting the needs of patients who are parents and their children. (PDF)
Better Data, Better Care: Understanding & using data for quality improvement
Friday 22 February 2019
All the available presentations from the event have been posted here for information.
All presentations are the intellectual property of the author and may not be copied or distributed nor may any information, images or data included in these presentations be reproduced without prior written consent of the author.
What we can learn from NHS Benchmarking Data (PDF) by Stephen Watkins
Purposeful and productive community services (PDF) by Dr Ranjeet Shah
Making sense of the numbers: A whole system approach from Sheffield (PDF) by Dr Helen Crimlisk
SNOMED CT in Mental Health (PDF) by Denise Downs
Democratising Data for Patient Care (PDF) by Mark Hayter
From board to floor & floor to Board What Information is at your fingertips to improve care (PDF) by Dr Geraldine Strathdee
RCPsych Demand and Capacity work (PDF) by Dr Andy Moore
Lambeth – a Live example of applying information to improving population health (PDF) by Edward Davie
Whole System Integrated Care Mental Health Dashboard (PDF) by Priya Ramanah
Delivering preconception care to women of childbearing age with serious mental illness
This guide for health professionals in primary and secondary care will be of particular relevance to general adult psychiatrists working with women with SMI of childbearing age. It provides the latest evidence to support health care professionals during routine appointments to promote awareness of physical and mental health issues which can contribute to healthy pregnancies and allow women to feel supported and empowered to make reproductive choices, whether or not they are planning a pregnancy.