Carers Conference WELCOME

Why are we here today?

“Hands up” - key concerns Risk Assessment Urgent Care BedsCrisis

We want to listen: - you experience service issues day and night - you know what’s working, and what’s not

We want to: - agree the priorities - agree how to work together (better) - agree how to communicate - agree how to meet and how to monitor progress

Summary - We recognise the worries - We want to work together - We can achieve more together - We need you

Malcolm McFrederick E xec utive Director of Operations

- Website - Single Point of Access

- A&E Liaison - Crisis and Home Treatment Teams

- Beds and Alternatives

Clinical Risk Development Dr Catherine Kinane Medical Director

We have a new process for clinical risk assessment and management which benefits from: 1A focus on suicide prevention 2Being organised as a 3 tiered process, so that low risk is dealt with simply and greater risk/risk complexity is explored more thoroughly 3 Compatibility with the RiO Risk Summary, the primary patient record for recording clinical risk 4 Understandable by practitioners and patients 5 Readily lending itself to clinical risk assessment and management training

Tier 1- suicide risk SAFE-T (Suicide Assessment Five-step Evaluation and Triage) American Psychiatric Association practice guidelines conducted at: first contact with the patient; following any suicidal behaviour; with increased suicidal ideation; with pertinent clinical change; at CPA reviews; at discharge. 1 Identify risk factors 2 Identify protective factors 3 Conduct suicide inquiry 4 Determine risk level/intervention 5 Document assessment, intervention and follow-up

Tier 1- suicide risk SAFE-T characteristics -Guides professional clinical engagement, enquiry, reasoning and action -Not a “tick box” exercise -Does not produce a “score” -Easy to understand and apply Tier 2 - suicide risk Asking about suicidal ideation and intent

Tier 1 - Risk of neglect Tier 1 - Risk of aggression/violence Tier 1 - Other risks Tier 2 - Other risks asking about ideation and intent to commit violence or ‘other’ risk

Tier 3 - Complex risk assessment and management If clinical uncertainty about risk persists, conduct detailed, multi-disciplinary risk assessment using Trust approved risk assessment instrument described in our policy. Consider multi-disciplinary meeting on risk assessment and management. The outcome is recorded in the RiO Risk Summary.

Trust Developments Web Based Incident Reporting is coming KMPT is rolling out Datix Web, an online incident reporting system to replace its current paper based IRIS forms - Instant Feedback for Staff - Quicker & Easier to use - Improved Reporting - System Design Led by Clinical Staff - Ability to meet Regulations / Statutory Requirements - Reduction in Costs - Real Time Information Available

Angela McNab Chief Executive Discussion

Angela McNab Chief Executive Feedback

Open Dialogue Peer Support Catherine Kinane Amanda Francis Annie Jeffrey

1.Immediate response - first meeting within 24 hours after contact 2.Social networks perspective - involvement of the client’s social network and all the professionals involved in the actual crisis 3.Tolerating uncertainty - generating a process for the new conversational community to ‘live’ and talk together 4.‘Dialogicity’ - increase understanding about the actual crises and the life of our customers Optimal principles for organising psychiatric treatment Open Dialogue is a concept developed by Dr. Jaakko Seikkula. There has been significant take up around the world, including Scandinavia, Europe and the USA Background

Benefits and strategic fit Open Dialogue will support our Clinical Strategy, helping to prevent admissions and ensuring we are recovery focused. Open Dialogue will support our Commercial Strategy, which aims to ensure that the Trust can grow into new markets. Open Dialogue will enable us to deliver our Financial Strategy, supporting long term viability and sustainability. Improved prognosis/outcomes Reduction of symptoms Longer term relapse rates Participation in national network Attainment of a multidisciplinary workforce trained in OD techniques Cost savings from lowering long term use of community services Reduced medication use Reduced bed occupancy

Angela McNab Chief Executive Working together

Steve Inett Chief Executive Healthwatch Kent

Who are we?  We are the consumer champion for health & social care  Our aim is to improve services by ensuring local people’s voices are heard  FREE Information & Signposting service

We’ve heard loud and clear from the mental health community All these reports & our recommendations have been published Mental health  We’ve undertaken a number of projects  Enter & View visit to Little Brook Hospital  Gathered experiences of patients and families who were moved from Medway into Kent  Gathered experiences of the CAMHS service  Mental health carers

Mental health carers  Gathered experiences of mental health carers  Used our findings to facilitate a meeting with carers, providers and commissioners to discuss how we can move forward  We all agreed some key points that would benefit everyone. An action group is now taking these forward

Mental health carers : key actions  Improving communications  Establishing a county wide forum for carers to create an effective platform to raise your voice  Agree a Carers Charter with KMPT  Training for staff on the needs of carers  Training for carers on how to support their loved ones  Overcoming the barriers that confidentiality can cause for carers

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ANY QUESTIONS?

Sarah Russell Operations Manager Healthwatch Medway

Angela McNab Chief Executive

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