Thursday 12 September 2019

Revealed: The trusts testing latest round of emergency targets

Revealed: The trusts testing latest round of emergency targets  New mental health emergency care targets will be trialled across 11 NHS organisations and one social enterprise, NHS England has confirmed.
The 12 organisations will pilot new clinical standards for urgent and emergency mental healthcare, which include:
  • A one-hour response by liaison psychiatry teams for patients with emergency mental health needs;
  • Assessments for emergency mental health referrals to be carried out “within hours”; and
  • Patients accessing emergency mental health services in the community to be seen within 24 hours.
The organisations testing the standards include Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Health Service Journal

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