2021-22 programme details
Patient Safety: Mental Health Programme Context for our work: In 2019 the elements of the Mental Health Programme (suicide prevention, reduction of restrictive practice, and improving sexual safety) were included in the national Patient Safety Strategy resulting in the inclusion of this new programme and focus for the Patient Safety Collaboratives. Working with the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH), the national programme will support the continuation of this safety improvement work through the development of Mental Health Patient Safety Networks. Locally we will work with both the South of England Mental Health Collaborative as well as developing a Wessex wide network.
Primary Drivers: Improve safety and outcomes of mental health care by reducing unwarranted variation and providing a high quality healthcare experience for all people across the system by March 2024.
Secondary Drivers: • Reduce suicide and deliberate self harm • Reduce restrictive practice • Improve sexual safety
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Reduce suicide and deliberate self harm in inpatient mental health services, the healthcare workforce and non-mental health acute settings.
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Reduce the incidence of restrictive practice in inpatient mental health and learning disability services by 50% by March 2024.
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Improve the sexual safety of patients and staff on inpatient mental health units by 50% above baseline by March 2024.
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Set up and co-ordinate Mental Health Patient Safety Networks by June 2021 and develop and establish these by March 2022.
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