A Healthy Reading Scheme for Children and Young People

Acute Forum Award Winners 2008 Working collaboratively with the Community Mental Health Team and other agencies within the field of community care the Crisis Resolution Team is a multi-disciplinary, ...

Combining therapeutic activity within a ward setting with enhancing the therepeutic enviroment.

Loudoun House is a Nurse Led Residential and day attendance service for individuals with an addiction/substance misuse problem and a coexisting mental health problem, to the population of Ayrshire & Arran. ...

The aim of introducing a more structured group work program was to improve access to staff and increase the amount of therapeutic activity/interventions available in the ward.

The development of a safer, more efficient and timely system for the assessment of new referrals to a community mental health service.

Meeting the challenges of smoking cessation in an acute mental health enviroment.

The aim of introducing a more structured group work program was to improve access to staff and increase the amount of therapeutic activity/interventions available in the ward.

Exploring the role of nursing team leader, promoting interprofessional working and highlighting the perceived benifits to the service and service user experience.

Scotland’s remote and rural healthcare staff need the ability to manage patients experiencing Mental Health crisis

The “New to Forensic” education programme promoting self directed learning with a focus on a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approach.

Releasing Time to Care: A model showing how using the 'mental health house' to review and improve efficiency of practice helps increase relevant and valued time spent with service users.

A perspective on attachment disorders in children being cared for within a Day Unit, based on a Social Model and much of the time is spent working with the child to explore the reasons why the child behaves ...

Developing an innovative approach to placement learning designed to enhance the quality of the mentorship experience and promote good quality, appropriate and patient-centred learning experiences.

The aim is to provide a better service for persons with a mental illness transferring from adult to older adult community mental health services requiring further interventions, in the absence of an ageless ...

A model for meeting the needs of mental health crisis through the Ayrshire Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team

Service provision is increasingly expected to be consumer driven or needs led. Nurse prescribing practice has the potential for the client to be seen, assessed, diagnosed and prescribed medication as appropriate ...

An innovative method of addressing mood disorders using a combination of cognitive behavioural therapy and medication precribing.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran are leading the way by developing an unique approach to alcohol liaison services for Scotland The publication of both the original National Plan for Action on Alcohol Problems ...

A model of improving access to Occupational Therapy services whilst embedding a flexible, responsive resource for those with complex and enduring mental health needs.

An online life skills resource which aims to empower users by providing information to help cope with problems, such as low mood and anxiety.

Introducing the concept of choice based Guided CBT Self Help intervention using a matched stepped approach.

Risk Profile for Mentally Disordered Offenders

Training for mental health staff – actively involving users of mental health services to facilitate the delivery of 10 ESC training. The aim is to enhance the quality and authenticity of active learning ...

The Acorn project was set up to provide a relaxing environment away from the noise and stress of ward life. The project actively seeks out those who tend to isolate themselves and are reluctant to become ...

This approach was established for clients with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder and mixed personality disorder. It was developed in response to chaotic, repeated crisis admissions to an ...

Rotational posts offered to newly qualified Mental Heath Nurses to enable consolidation of learning in a variety of Mental Health care settings. The nurse is supported in practice by a named mentor and ...

Use of General Electric (GE) process: KAIZEN to remodel Adult Mental Health Services in Royal Edinburgh Hospital helped swift movement towards identifying and implementing evidence based practice. The ...

Peer support workers in the in patient adult services Introduce peer support workers into the adult admission areas to promote recovery among service users

It is anticipated that approximately 150 people currently in the long term and elderly wards of South Clyde will be moving on to other agencies and services in the future.