Royal College of Psychiatrists Invited Services Review 2024

The Royal College of Psychiatry (RCPsych) undertook a review and published a report in March 2024 and this was received at our Board Meeting on the 30 May 2024. The reports sets out how the Health Board implemented the findings from four previous reports and the extent to which these have been maintained and integrated into ‘business as usual’ practices. The scope of the review covered the recommendations made in the following reports:

The Review Team grouped their findings into ten themes hoping this would be helpful to the Health Board in setting priorities for service development and quality improvement. Listed below are the ten themes:

Theme one: Patient and user centred care
Theme two: Legislation and clinical guidelines
Theme three: Governance
Theme four: Staffing
Theme five: Management structure
Theme six: Clinical services organisation
Theme seven: Training and development
Theme eight: Leadership and staff engagement
Theme nine: Resources
Theme ten: Physical environment

Progress against the Invited Services Review is reported to the Quality Safety and Experience Committee.