Watch the video to hear from Jane Cheeseman, Tim Davidson & Peter Le fevre talk about Quality Improvement in Mental Health as well as direct feedback from Jason Leitch, Nation Clinical Director for Patient Safety in Scotland. Music by bensound.com

Inside the Canaan Ward, at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, there is a little room called the Dementia Cafe, designed to bring back memories and make the residents feel comfortable. The Canaan Ward is a dementia ward for men over the age of 65.

CAMHS stands for Child and adolescent mental health service which is the specialist mental health service for under 18’s. Hear about how the department first started on their quality improvement journey. Music by bensound.com

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Mental Health QI Programme

We are committed to use the model for improvement to ensure it becomes the accepted "best practice" model for change management throughout the organisation. The Programme is incorporating the strategic aims for NHS Lothian to ensure the improved delivery of safe, effective and person-centred care to all.

The service faces similar challenges and the Quality Improvement Plan needs to incorporate this in an inclusive manner.

The identified common priority areas are:

Ensure that transitions of care between services are safe, efficient and effective.
Improving the quality of mental and physical healthcare.
Improvement access to assessment and evidence-based treatment with the most appropriate setting.