Working with 52 NHS Trust-run inpatient services to put into practice the principles set out in the reform of the Mental Health Act
Between August 2023 and March 2025, this QI programme will support inpatient services to develop and implement co-produced change ideas that put into practice the principles set out in reform of the Act - tackling inequity of experience faced by groups experiencing significant inequalities under the Mental Health Act.
The programme will:
- Work with services that provide care of patients detained under the Mental Health Act
- Provide executive coaching, and service leadership and frontline delivery project mentoring and coaching to:
1. Support cultural change
2. Build leadership capacity
3. Empower staff teams to co-produce and deliver change ideas aligned to the programme aim above - Incorporate Lived Experience input at all levels - from co-production of change on the ground, to embedded involvement in the core programme delivery group, to representation on the programme's steering group
- Share and disseminate good practice and learning coming out of the programme
In line with the guiding principles of the Mental Health Act reforms the programme is working towards a vision that patients detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act - and the people who support them - experience an equitable partnership with those providing their care, and experience care that is inclusive of their diverse cultures and needs
The Programme takes a phased approach:
Phase 1 (Jan '23 - Jul '23): Programme Design
Phase 2 (Aug '23 - May '24): Pilot Phase
Phase 3 (Apr '24 - Jun '24): Recruitment for wider implementation
Phase 4 (Jul '24 - Mar '25): Wider Implementation - where we are now
See more about our Programme phases