Nottinghamshire Healthcare’s Liaison Psychiatry Team, based at the Queen’s Medical Centre, has become the first team in the East Midlands to be formally accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists Centre for Quality Improvement.
The Liaison Psychiatry Team provides mental health care to people being treated for physical health conditions in general hospitals, To be accredited the team subscribed to the Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network (PLAN) - a national initiative managed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, which aims to recognise the achievements of liaison teams.
Reviewed via a self and peer review process, involving data collection and an external visit by experts in liaison psychiatry, the team demonstrated that they met a number of standards relating to quality, efficiency, patient care and safety.
The team’s notable achievements include, being consistently patient and understanding and providing excellent advice and treatment to patients with mental health needs. Providing an impressive range of recovery focussed interventions for service users and offering high quality assessment procedures and care planning packages. The team’s clear vision for how to develop the service in the future was praised.
“This is a great accomplishment by our Liaison Psychiatry Team,” said Professor Mike Cooke, Chief Executive of Nottinghamshire Healthcare, “They work very hard to provide a first class service to patients and fully deserve this recognition. I look forward to seeing how they develop in the future.”
The team’s accreditation status will now be listed on the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ website.
PLAN is managed in partnership with the Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Physicians, the College of Emergency Medicine and the mental health charity Mind.
