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Accreditations

CAMHeleon

Developed by the same team who created Star Wards, CAMHeleon celebrates and promotes Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) ward best practice and the things that really make a positive difference to young people.

Headway Approved Provider Accreditation

Headway’s approved provider scheme utilises standards developed to reflect the specific needs of people with an acquired brain injury (ABI). These standards are used to evaluate a range of facilities including hospitals and neuro-rehabilitation units, residential and nursing homes and respite facilities.

Accredited services:

Independent Neurorehabilitation Providers Alliance (INPA)

INPA is an alliance of providers, who joined together to form a strong voice in the sector, ensuring that neurorehabilitation is delivered in quality environments, by trained and experienced staff in a caring way to assist the rehabilitation process.

Accredited services:

National Autistic Society’s Autism Accreditation

The National Autistic Society’s Autism Accreditation is an internationally-recognised process of support and development for all those providing services to people with autism. It provides a structured framework and advisory support in order for the provision to reflect on its current practice and continue to develop in line with the latest thinking around working with people with autism.

Accredited services:

Accreditation for AIMS Rehab

AIMS is a national project that works with staff, service users and carers to improve the quality of in-patient mental health rehabilitation services. Amongst other things the AIMS peer review team assess standards of care, current facilities, standards of documentation and health records, environmental facilities, and staff training qualifications, support and supervision.

Quality network for eating disorders (QED)

The Quality Network for Eating Disorders (QED) works with inpatient and community services to assure and improve the quality of services treating people with eating disorders and their carers. Through a comprehensive process of review, we identify and acknowledge high standards of organisation and patient care, and support other services to achieve these.

Quality Network for Inpatient Learning Disability Services (QNLD)

The QNLD aims to support inpatient services to evaluate and improve management processes and standards of care. They work with inpatient mental health services for adults with learning disabilities, engaging services through a process of self and peer review to promote the highest level of care.

Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services (QNFMHS)

The Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services (QNFMHS) is a quality improvement network for low and medium secure inpatient forensic mental health services in the UK. It is a national project developed to ensure best practice is being achieved in low and medium secure services. The services below are all members of the network.

Quality Network for Mental Health Rehabilitation Services (QN Rehab)

The Quality Network for Mental Health Rehabilitation Services works with services to improve the quality of inpatient and community rehabilitation wards. It engages staff, service users and carers in a comprehensive process of both self- and peer-review for the purpose of quality improvement and accreditation. Good practice and high quality care are recognised and services are supported to identify and address areas for improvement. The following services are network members:

Quality Network for Inpatient CAMHS (QNIC)

The Quality Network for Inpatient CAMHS (QNIC) is a quality improvement network run by the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ College Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI). The network works with  members to share best practice at a national and international level. A review and accreditation process is used to promote the highest level of care. The services below are all network members:

Quality Network for Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (QNPICU)

The Quality Network for Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (QNPICU) is a quality improvement network for psychiatric intensive care services in the UK. QNPICU adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to quality improvement, with a key component of their work being the sharing of best practice through the facilitation of peer-review visits.

STAR Wards

Star Wards supports a programme of improving service user and staff experience in mental health inpatient service settings via a list of 75 items, including service users being involved in staff recruitment and peer support events.

Triangle of Care

The Carers Trust Triangle of Care is an alliance between carers, service users and health professionals. It aims to promote safety and recovery and to sustain wellbeing in mental health by including and supporting carers.

Enabling Environments

Enabling Environments are places where there is a focus on creating a positive and effective social environment and where healthy relationships are seen as the key to success. Accreditation is via the College Centre for Quality Improvement (CCQI).

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