Our plan on a page for 2022/23
Liaison Psychiatry Services
Select each subheading below to highlight the different sections of our plan on a page. This will outline how our Liaison Psychiatry Service is planning to deliver care over the next 12-18 months.
1. Where are we now?
• We continue to provide care and treatment in people’s own homes, outpatient clinics, inpatient care and to those who are experiencing mental health difficulties while they are in Leeds Teaching Hospitals
• We have lengthy waits for our ME/CFS Team and NICPM
• We offer virtual appointments across many of our teams
• Recruiting registered nurses is our main challenge
2. Where do we want to be in 12-18 months' time?
• Better at managing our capacity and reducing our waiting times for ME/CFS Team and NICPM
• Improving the experience of those who attend Emergency Departments for mental health crisis
• Enhanced care and support for people with Dementia in Leeds Teaching Hospital
• Improved pathways between Leeds Teaching Hospital specialties and the Liaison Psychiatry Outpatient Service
3. How we are going to get there
• Expand on the use of Virtual Clinics to include remote group therapy
• Work with Leeds Teaching Hospitals to create safe therapeutic assessment space within the Emergency Departments
• Work in collaboration with Dementia UK to recruit two Admiral Nurses
4. How we will improve service user and carer experience
• We will involve service users and carers in our planning for the future of our services.
• We will deliver and support Mental health training to our LTHT colleagues
• Admiral Nurses supporting carers
• We will continue to use friends and family feedback to develop our services and improve service user experience
5. How we will improve staff experience
• Provide high quality induction to our services for new staff
• Continue to support our staff after serious incidents to help them recover and to learn lessons
• Provide educational and development opportunities
• Provide regular clinical supervision and appraisals to team members
6. How we will reduce health inequalities and improving equality, diversity and inclusion
• Work with the acute trust to support people with long term conditions who experience mental health problems
• Better use of technology to reduce the need for people to travel to hospital appointments
• Provide access to treatment for those who previously could not attend appointments due to long term health conditions