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Transition Between Inpatient Mental Health Settings and Community or Care Home Settings [NG53]

Transition Between Inpatient Mental Health Settings and Community or Care Home Settings [NG53]
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, London. 2016


Project ID (Internal) 133
Project Status completed
Full Reference (text) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2016) Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community or care home settings. NICE Guideline [NG53]. [The article can be accessed here]
Full Reference (URL) https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng53
Summary / Abstract

This guideline covers the period before, during and after a person is admitted to, and discharged from, a mental health hospital. It aims to help people who use mental health services, and their families and carers, to have a better experience of transition by improving the way it’s planned and carried out.

The Care Quality Commission uses NICE guidelines as evidence to inform the inspection process.

Recommendations
This guideline includes recommendations on:

overarching principles for good transition
planning for admission and discharge
out-of-area admissions
support for families and carers
Who is it for?
Providers of care and support in inpatient and community mental health and social care services
Front-line practitioners and managers in inpatient and community mental health and social care services
Commissioners of mental health services
People who use inpatient and community mental health services, their families and carers

Publication Title Transition Between Inpatient Mental Health Settings and Community or Care Home Settings [NG53]
Author(s) The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Publication Details National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, London.
Publication Year / End of Project 2016
Last Accessed 03/01/2019 12:00 am
Economic Report Authors Trachtenberg M and Knapp M
Economic Report Title Economics, economic modelling, appendix C3.2 Cost–utility analysis of a 2-year multi-staged psychological intervention for bipolar I patients with their first, second or third hospitalisation vs Generic outpatient treatment of bipolar affective disorders (active treatment as usual)
Economic Report URL https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng53/evidence/appendix-c3.2-economic-analysis-part-1-pdf-2606951923

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