Violence and Abuse Policy

Implementation of Violence and Abuse Policy for Mental Health Services

(an integral element to Refocusing the Care Programme Approach, Section Four, Assessment and Care Planning)

CONTEXT
To fully understand the context of this implementation process, it is recommended that you read the documents on this website in the following order:

• NHS Confederation Briefing which includes all salient points ie rationale for and content of the policy, the pilot implementation process (Mental Health Trusts Collaboration Project) and the subsequent national implementation process (which is currently taking place)
• Overview of Evaluation Findings with key messages for the national rollout (Wave One pilot process that involved eight mental health provider trusts)
• Evaluation of Wave Two – Executive Summary (that involved seven trusts)
• Abuse Question, CPA Refocus which includes recommended visual format for insertion of ‘the question’ into assessment documentation and other relevant points
• Why, when and how to ask about childhood abuse abridged from an article published in Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2007) makes a persuasive case with evidence base for routine enquiry of abuse

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Attachment	Size
NHS Confederation Briefing June 2008 (pdf)	470.73 KB
Overview of Evaluation Findings - Wave-one (pdf)	520.87 KB
Wave 2 Executive Summary - Dec 2008 (pdf)	331.13 KB
Abuse Question - Refocusing the CPA - DH 2008 (doc)	35.5 KB
Why, When and How to Ask About Childhood Abuse (pdf)	227.85 KB