Mental Health Issue
Conditions
Brief summary
Our aim is to find low-cost and widely reusable mechanisms to reduce inappropriate referrals. Our key objectives are: Engage with key stakeholders to identify problems with making appropriate referrals Analyse CAMHS referral data to understand and identify problems (quantitatively) Identify requirements for sustainable solutions Explore with key stakeholders how we can improve the referral process Identify how the best proposed solutions could be embedded within routine CAMHS referral pathways
Detailed description
The Investigators shall conduct a series of focus groups with key stakeholders involved in the referral to CAMHS process; children and young people (CYP), parents/carers, key referrers, CAMHS professionals in order to better understand the challenges that exist with the current referral process. Following this, the Investigators will conduct further focus groups with the key stakeholders above, in which they will suggest sustainable solutions to the problems that have been identified. The Investigators shall then identify how the propose solutions can be embedded into routine CAMHS referral pathways.
Interventions
OTHERFocus Groups
Focus Groups
Sponsors
University of Manchester
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
MQ Mental Health
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
McPin Foundation
42nd Street
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Aged 16 years and above * have experience of CAMHS referral pathway
Exclusion criteria
* younger than 16 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Solutions to enhance the referral process for CAMHS | By end of study - within 1 year | Solutions to help improve the referrals into CAMHS, using data collected during focus groups |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed