Home Based Crisis Team: Home Based Crisis Team: initial steps towards recovery initial steps towards recovery

in the communityin the community

Dr. Sinead O’Brien.Dr. Sinead O’Brien.

Consultant Psychiatrist, Consultant Psychiatrist,

Home Based Crisis Team.Home Based Crisis Team.

North Lee Mental Health Services.North Lee Mental Health Services.

Audit of Home Based Crisis Team (HBCT)-Cork City North,

Activity over a 6 month period

...continuing on from part 2....

Aims of Audit...

To review Practices within HBCT

Accountibility

Service Development

Methods

conducted over a six month period

from 1/10/2009 to 31/03/2010.

Data was analyse using SPSS version 14 and graphs compiled using Minitab Graphics.

Results.......

Referrals

158 referrals.

GP Perspectives on the Home Based Crisis Team.City North Sectors, Cork.

GP Satisfaction with HBCT

92% of GPs were satisfied with the team re

management of patients as suitable alternative to

admission, time from referral to assessment, satisfaction with feedback and

correspondence from the team

GP’s.....

100% of GPs identified they would refer again

Future Plans

Future Plans

Further strategy Meeting with CNE

Further Meeting Primary Care Teams

Meeting with Liaison Psychiatry

Future Plans

Study ongoing re MDT input to HBCT case-load.

Continued CSQ-8 Collection

Assessment of family/carer views

Collection of emergency presentations/admissions to acute unit.

“Successful implementation of the

CRHT teams as alternatives to hospital admission requires resources for home treatment out of hours, effective systems working among local services, stronger local understanding and advocacy of the

teams’ role” Onyett 2008

The Team! Mairead Murphy (CMHN) Martina Cullinane (CMHN) Aisling Hassett (CMHN) Damien Fleming (SW) Valerie Morrison (OT) Freda Wynne (Psychologist in Clinical Training) Geraldine Kenny, Martina Carroll (Clerical

support) Dr. Deirdre Muller-Neff (Registrar) Dr. Sinead O’Brien