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This conference focuses on improving the emergency response to people experiencing mental health crisis who arrive in A&E services. Ideally people experiencing mental health crisis will be supported by mental health crisis service and therefore not have to attend A&E. However many people experiencing mental health crisis are not aware of, or do not have easily accessible alternative options therefore the only option is to either not access help, to dial 999 or go to A&E.
“Long waits for mental health services are not only a poor experience for patients but also are associated with higher rates of presentation in an emergency, and poor outcomes; waiting time standards across urgent and community pathways will help to address this… Ensuring access to timely referral, assessment and care is especially important for people in need of urgent and emergency health services. The proposed standard for urgent and emergency care will ensure that people can rightly have the same expectations of our urgent mental health services as they do for physical health services”
“Improving access to mental health services is a top priority. These new standards would help patients get support faster – including having a face-to-face assessment within one hour of being referred from A&E”
“The NHS will continue to treat mental health with the same urgency as physical health”
The conference will also discuss meeting the NHS mental health access standards, the proposals of which would see those who present to A&E with mental health needs having a face-to-face assessment by specialist mental health liaison teams within one hour of being referred by an emergency department.
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues who are working to improve the response to people in mental health crisis attending emergency departments
- Understand the implications of the proposed NHS clinical standard
- Learn from outstanding practice in psychiatric liaison services
- Reflect on national developments and learning
- Ensure compassionate care in the emergency department for mental health assessment
- Improve the way you provide high quality mental health crisis care in the emergency department
- Develop your skills in assessment & psychiatric decision making
- Understand how you can improve discharge or diversion to a more appropriate setting
- Identify key strategies for managing children and young people including those experiencing self harm
- Improve how you work with frequent A&E attenders
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
- Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
