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Review of Improvement in Enhanced Access Services for Mental Health Emergencies in NHS Grampian

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2024

Jumoke Ojo  and
Dharmesh Rai
Jumoke Ojo*
Affiliation:
NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Dharmesh Rai
Affiliation:
NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
*
*Presenting author.
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Abstract

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Aims

  1. 1. Identify changes in the services rendered in the Enhanced access/emergency service following the previously suggested modifications.

  2. 2. Identify areas of possible improvement within the service to provide seamless emergency and out-of-hours mental health support to patients.

  3. 3. Evaluate adherence to current guidelines for the Enhanced access/emergency service.

Methods

An audit of a total of 100 patients on the list was selected in chronological order. Patient documentation was reviewed against the current criteria for patients on the list, which included having a documented care plan in place, remaining open to a community mental health team, and having been reviewed at least within the last 6 months.

The data was then analysed and compared with the previous year's results to see if there was any significant change year over year.

Results

Year on Year improvement:

  1. 1. Total number of patients on the list had increased by 16.7%.

  2. 2. The number of patients without a care plan on the list reduced by 6.

  3. 3. The number of discharged patients on the list was also reduced by 1.

  4. 4. The number of patients who had not been reviewed in six months reduced by 9.

Conclusion

While there had been some improvement in the service provision and adherence to the guidelines, there was still ample room for improvement, which would be achieved by adherence to the guidelines and protocols, to ensure better service improvement for enhanced access and out-of-hours emergency services to patients.

Type
3 Quality Improvement
Information
BJPsych Open , Volume 10 , Supplement S1: Abstracts from the RCPsych International Congress 2024, 17–20 June , June 2024 , pp. S156 - S157
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Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

Footnotes

Abstracts were reviewed by the RCPsych Academic Faculty rather than by the standard BJPsych Open peer review process and should not be quoted as peer-reviewed by BJPsych Open in any subsequent publication.

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