Abstract
Measuring what medical care does to improve the lives of patients must be at the
heart of what we do (Ryland, Carlile and Kingdon, 2021). A crucial part of achieving
the ambition of parity between physical and mental health is for psychiatry to embrace,
use and promote outcome measures as a way of demonstrating the positive impact
that well-resourced and structured mental health services can have for patients, their
families, and society more widely.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists strongly endorses and recommends the routine use
of patient- and clinician-rated outcome measures in psychiatric practice (Tracy et al.,
2022). Outcome measurement can improve care planning, progress-tracking, quality
improvement, service evaluation and research.
This report is intended to support clinicians and services to meet the needs and circumstances of the patients they are treating. It sets out some principles governing
patient- and clinician-rated outcome measurement in mental health services and then
provides more detailed guidance from the College faculties, covering the specialties
within psychiatric care.
We take a principles-based approach that ensures this document will remain clinically
useful in support of, and relevant to, wider national policy for the short, medium, and long
term across all four nations of the United Kingdom. However, there are specific national
policy drivers, for example the NHS England Long Term Plan (NHS England, 2019).
heart of what we do (Ryland, Carlile and Kingdon, 2021). A crucial part of achieving
the ambition of parity between physical and mental health is for psychiatry to embrace,
use and promote outcome measures as a way of demonstrating the positive impact
that well-resourced and structured mental health services can have for patients, their
families, and society more widely.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists strongly endorses and recommends the routine use
of patient- and clinician-rated outcome measures in psychiatric practice (Tracy et al.,
2022). Outcome measurement can improve care planning, progress-tracking, quality
improvement, service evaluation and research.
This report is intended to support clinicians and services to meet the needs and circumstances of the patients they are treating. It sets out some principles governing
patient- and clinician-rated outcome measurement in mental health services and then
provides more detailed guidance from the College faculties, covering the specialties
within psychiatric care.
We take a principles-based approach that ensures this document will remain clinically
useful in support of, and relevant to, wider national policy for the short, medium, and long
term across all four nations of the United Kingdom. However, there are specific national
policy drivers, for example the NHS England Long Term Plan (NHS England, 2019).
Original language | English |
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Publisher | Royal College of Psychiatrists |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2024 |