Since 2005, the national acute programme has been operating as a formal partnership with the Department of Health and the NHS Confederation MH Network to provide a more focused and coherent multi-agency approach to service improvement in acute care. The core components of the acute programme include: Crisis resolution/home treatment teams, respite / crisis house provision, inpatient beds, acute day treatment services, PICU, places of safety and step-down / supported housing provision.
Following our collaborative work with the Healthcare Commission regarding their review of acute inpatient care, our key objective for 2009/10 is to lead in collectively responding to their recommendations outlined in Pathway to Recovery regarding acute inpatient care and the National Audit Office's VFM review of Crisis Resolution Home Treatment.
To read either of these reports, click on the following links:
Healthcare Commission Pathway to Recovery report
The NAO The role of crisis resolution and home treatment services
Contact: Yvonne Stoddart, Programme Lead
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