Guidance for commissioners of older people’s mental health services
This guide is about the commissioning of mental health services which can improve the mental health and wellbeing of older people. Read more »
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Transforming care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital
The final report following the abuse of people with a learning disability at Winterbourne View sets out a programme of action to transform services for vulnerable people. Read more »
Compassion in Practice
Compassion in Practice sets out a vision to embed six values: care, compassion, courage, communication, competence and commitment, known as the Six C’s, throughout the NHS to improve care for patients. Read more »
Use outcome specifications to support contract negotiations
These model outcome specifications will support commissioners in their negotiations with providers and/or other departments within Clinical Commissioning Group’s and Local Authorities. Read more »
High security psychiatric services directions 2012
New directions regarding decisions to withhold post or monitor telephone calls for patients in high secure mental health services at Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospitals. Read more »
The Right Care: creating dementia friendly hospitals
The Right Care is a call to action to transform the acute hospital experience for people with dementia and their carers. Read more »
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards funding
The Department of Health has announced funding of £5.4 million for new local authority responsibilities for assessing and authorising a Deprivation of Liberty in a hospital setting. Read more »
National dementia and antipsychotic prescribing audit
The National dementia and antipsychotic prescribing audit aims to gather information from primary care to establish a national picture of prescribing antipsychotic medication in people with dementia. Read more »
New models of care for dementia
This report proposes a new understanding of the dementia journey and a revised model of care for dementia, aimed at improving experiences and outcomes, and informing service redesign and commissioning. Read more »
National dementia CQUIN
The National dementia CQUIN aims to help identify patients with dementia and other causes of cognitive impairment, alongside their other medical conditions and to prompt appropriate referral and follow up after they leave hospital. Read more »