Video & slides Talking Therapies
Tue 4 Jun 2024
Video & Slides

Featuring presentation videos and accompanying slides: from inception to a fully running service, this online course will equip you with the tools for setting up your Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service (MHCAS). Your course leaders, Dr James Dove and Matthew Cully, share their first-hand experiences from establishing a thriving MHCAS and how the team are continuing to develop and grow the service. Explore the challenges and success, plus leave this course with the step-by-step guide to establishing an MHCAS which will reduce your emergency departments footfall and provide appropriate, tailored care for your patients.

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Setting Up and Establishing your Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service
On-demand 4 hours £299+VAT

4 hours Continuing Professional Development: what you will learn

Are you looking to set up a Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service? Would you like to learn how to overcome the challenges and achieve successes in your MHCAS? If yes, then this is the study day for you. Book your place and discover how to:

  • Implement the foundations for setting up a thriving service
  • Collaborate with your stakeholders to access funding and resources
  • Form a confident and structured team to achieve a successful MHCAS
  • Identify and overcome logistical challenges such as incidents and staffing costings
  • Reduce staff anxieties by engaging them with an understanding of the nature of an MHCAS
  • Highlight and present the successful data of the service to support your journey

Meet your education and training needs in your own time

Take away ideas from the trailblazers and adapt them for your own service, plus benefit from:

  • 4 CPD hours of presentation and speaker Q&A
  • Featuring engaging video and accompanying slides
  • Available at £299+VAT for NHS and public sector professionals
  • Download and view in your own time
  • CPD Certificate issued to you after viewing the video

6 presentations | 12 parts | 4 CPD hours | Filmed on Tuesday 4th June 2024

1
Introduction, instructions and leaders opening remarks
Dr James Dove, Consultant Psychiatrist and Matthew Cully, Clinical Lead, Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
The foundations of an MHCAS
2
Deep dive into the history and current developments of emergency assessment units
  • The history of emergency assessment units: their background and where they are now
  • Examining the recent evidence: assessing the national and international developments
  • Delving into the commissioning structures and their impact on the service
3
Questions and answers with James
4
Reviewing the North Central London MHCAS: from set up to operational policies
  • Exploring the local history of North Central London’s emergency assessment service
  • How we did it: our approach to setting up a local Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service
  • Practicalities of set up: addressing the staffing model, cost, operational policies and procedures
5
Questions and answers with James and Matthew
6
Introduction to Denisha Palmer, Service Manager for MHCAS and Health Based Place of Safety
7
How to set up your MHCAS
  • Exploring the requirements needed in planning and administration when setting up your service
  • Accessing the funding: evaluating needs and navigating stakeholder expectations
  • Forming your team and evoking confidence in your staff
8
Practical consideration for operating a psychiatric emergency department
  • Implementing an effective staffing model: identifying costings and staffing structure
  • Managing safety and risks in MHCAS: mitigating incidents
  • Assessing executive data reports on the operational functions of the service
9
Evaluating the service: identifying the pitfalls and celebrating the success of a thriving service
  • Observing how to meet the needs of the patient and tailoring the service in line with the feedback
  • Implementing processes to reduce service pressures
  • Navigating admission and readmission rates into your service
Future aspirations
10
The next steps: exploring what the future of MHCAS development looks like
  • Expanding the service: increasing capital money and transitioning to a bigger ward to increase capacity
  • Achieving a 12-hour length of stay: lowering the footfall in the emergency department
  • Widening the remit: implementing police/ambulance drop off and increasing access through patient walk ins
11
Questions and answers with James and Matthew
12
Close of day

First-hand speaker experience

Your course leaders have established a thriving MHCAS and are going to share their experiences with you so that you can successfully implement your service:

Dr James Dove
Job Title:
Consultant Psychiatrist
Organisation
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Biography
Matthew Cully
Job Title:
Clinical Lead, Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service
Organisation
Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
Biography

Pricing structure

  • £299 + VAT for you to download and view in your own time
  • Click on 'Book Place' and complete your details

Terms and conditions

Purchase Fees

You will receive an instant payment option or invoice on completing the booking form. Once your payment has been made, you will be given the access details to view the presentations on-demand.

Certification of Attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

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Past attendee feedback

Held as an interactive online forum and now available to you as a series of video presentations, here is some feedback on the excellent content from the professionals who have attended our past mental healthy courses:

"All very relevant and very informative"

Setting Up and Establishing your Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service, June 2024

"Honest and open conversation had around the benefits and challenges of the service"

Setting Up and Establishing your Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service, June 2024

"Absolutely brilliant"

Setting Up and Establishing your Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service, June 2024

“An excellent event, informative and mutually supportive between different colleagues and services"

Rethink Mental Illness, Mental Health Crisis Care and Home Treatment Teams, November 2023

"Really interesting and good for networking"

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Mental Health Crisis Care and Home Treatment Teams, November 2023

“I found the day extremely informative. It was so helpful to hear from more experienced managers on how they manage their teams”

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, Building Trust and Understanding in your NHS Teams, July 2023

“Well organised content, extremely knowledgeable trainers who were friendly and had an excellent focus to including everyone”

Northamptonshire HealthCare NHS Foundation Trust, Safety Planning in MH Crisis Care, June 2022

“It was a really helpful day and gave up to date information and clear practical ideas of things that we can do locally”

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Safety Planning in MH Crisis Care, June 2022

View further comments on SBK Healthcare events on Trust Pilot.

Expected attendees

This online course is ideal for NHS professionals working within Psychiatric Liaison, Crisis and Home Treatment Teams. It is also informative for Ambulance services, Acute Trusts or those involved in the Urgent Care Pathway looking to set up a new MHCAS. This includes but is not limited to:

  • Executives and Operating Officers
  • Operation, Service and Clinical Managers and Leads
  • Matrons and Sisters
  • Consultant Psychiatrists and Psychologists
  • Nursing Leads