The London Mental 42 Health Fact Book Latest research undertaken by the Trust Memory Services NELFT has developed innovative Memory Service models to maintain high quality in the face of huge increases in demand. The Redbridge and Havering Memory Services were among the first in the country to receive the national double excellent rating for their excellent care by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. RAID services NELFT works closely with local acute hospitals, including developing the Rapid Access, Intervention and Discharge – RAID – services at Whipps Cross Hospital. Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Service NELFT is part of the north east London pilot commissioned by NHS England to test out a new model of liaison and diversion services to assess their impact on helping vulnerable adults and children who are suspects at police stations or a defendant in a magistrates court. NELFT Street Triage NELFT is just one of ten national pilot sites to set up a Street Triage Service, where mental health teams assess people at short notice as an alternative to police arrest under the S136. BAME Initiatives NELFT has won awards from leading BAME campaigners for its initiatives to show NELFT values staff from minority backgrounds. Service User Involvement NELFT is at the forefront of developing meaningful service user and carer input with service user and patient experience groups. Service users, ‘experts by experience’ are recognised as partners in highlighting best practice as well as identifying deficits in order to shape and improve services. Service users are involved in reference groups, patient experience groups and often sit on recruitment panels. Service users have contributed the Trust’s Learning Disability Standards. Over 60 per cent of NELFT service users say they would recommend its services to their friends and family. Service innovation and research and development are cornerstones of the work at NELFT. NELFT is recognised nationally and internationally for the quality of its research and innovation, and its R&D department has received the highest accolade from the Department of Health for the past three years running for standards of research, publication and training. A large number of NELFT consultants hold joint academic posts and are engaged in research across a wide range of mental health arenas. Research is often conducted with service users and carers, which helps the provision of evidence-based care and treatment. NELFT is a leader in medical education in north east London and works with local universities to deliver education projects as well as helping to create the workforce of the future. The Trust’s R&D director is internationally renowned Dr Peter Fonagy OBE, who specialises in psychoanalysis, clinical psychology and mentalisation. Latest research includes: Risk factors of perinatal mental disorders: stress, electrophysiological and neuroimaging markers, which will investigate whether there are hormonal, stress response or brain changes which could help us to identify mothers at risk of developing postpartum psychosis. Genetic Analysis of Early Onset Dementia.
London Mental Health Fact Bbook
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