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