Blog Posts Archive - Mental Health Crisis Care ConcordatMental Health Crisis Care Concordat

Information sharing – easier said than done

Stuart Bolton, Engagement Manager at the Centre of Excellence for Information Sharing, writes about the importance of information sharing in mental health crisis care, and some of the work the Centre has been involved in to enable and promote sharing of information between stakeholders across the country.

The importance of gender in crisis care

Rachel Rowan Olive blogs about how mental health services need to better support women in crisis ande be more gender sensitive.

In July 2016 we co-hosted two problem-solving Concordat workshops, focussing on emergency care pathways and alternatives to admission.

The latter saw regional co-ordinator for Time to Change, Angela Etherington, who also has lived experience of crisis care, offer insight into what it’s like needing crisis care and the importance of positive attitudes from treatment teams. Here, Angela blogs about the workshop and the experiences she shared there.

Our collaborative initiative is helping to minimise the risk of suicide at railway stations, as well as to respectfully deal with people’s families in the aftermath of a fatality’

Julian Dixon, Head of Security and Community Engagement at MTR Crossrail, blogs about the training rail staff are undertaking to help them to establish interventions for vulnerable people at risk of suicide.

‘There is so much to gain from an integrated local and national mental health crisis care service’

Cassandra Cameron, Policy Adviser at NHS Providers, blogs about ‘Right place, right time’, a project aimed at exploring what can be done to tackle delayed transfers of care, and in turn, to improve the lives of people in crisis.

‘Every team in the acute system benefits from all of us collectively managing the system’

Lisa Johnson, Mike Hunter, Richard Bulmer and Tim Kendall, of the Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, blog about their work in Sheffield to tackle bed shortages and consequent out of area transfers.

‘It was a welcome chance to compare attitudes and examine each other’s role in delivering care’

Dr Lindsay Banham, Dr Mohan Bhat and Dr Bini Thomas from the North East London Foundation Trust blog about using simulation to encourage joined-up care provision across A&E and mental health teams – and how impactful it can be.

‘To eliminate reliance on force we need to be so proactive that no one gets so unwell’

Once a service user, Sarah Rae is now a Trustee of Mind, and is actively involved in improving services in crisis care. In this blog, she writes about how the Concordat and the PROMISE project are making a real difference in bridging the gaps and providing better care to those in need.

‘We use s136 50% less thanks to our mental health triage scheme’

Simon Thorneycroft, Mental Health Coordinator for Dorset Police, writes about the success of Dorset’s mental health triage scheme and positive partnership working, and of the work there is still to do.

‘We are now providing more personal, appropriate care’

Adele Owen, Police Constable and Tactical Mental Health Lead within Greater Manchester Police, writes about the development of the Greater Manchester Crisis Care Concordat action plan and the difference it has already made.