Quality Improvement
Within the CAMHS Academy in Hampshire and Isle of Wight
What is Quality Improvement
Quality Improvement (QI) empowers staff, service users, and colleagues to create real, lasting improvements, helping us foster a culture of continuous learning and growth across Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
There are various tools and methods available as part of QI which align to the 'Model for Improvement' framework. This is the framework that is used to drive continuous improvement across CAMHS. The model consists of two parts:
Part 1: The first part gives us three questions to ask; what do we want to achieve, what ideas we think might make a difference, and what we’ll measure to help us understand if change is an improvement.
Part 2: The second part is the Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) cycle, outlining the steps for the actual testing of the change ideas. The cyclical nature allows the change to be refined and improved through repeated cycles of testing and learning
See below to hear more about some of the QI projects that have taken place across CAMHS.
Our projects
Blake Day Service
The Blake Day Service is a 10 week day programme offered to people aged 13 to18 years old to access treatment for Anorexia Nervosa (AN).
The day service is offered as a 'step up' intervention to support young people with diagnosable AN who are at risk of an inpatient admission, if not treated. The programme includes a structured timetable of multi family therapy, family therapy, psychological therapy, occupational therapy, meal support, family meal support and education.
The model allows staff to treat young people in the community and for them to stay at home with their families.
Mental Health Act Quality Improvement Project
A QI project was carried out in order to improve the equity of experience for people from ethnically diverse backgrounds and people with a learning disability and autistic people when detained under the Mental Health Act in hospitals across England, including improving the cultural appropriateness of care they receive.
The project was carried out with a diverse project group of staff working on the wards with a strong focus on equity and what staff and service users experiences on a daily basis.
