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Service Impact studies

Developing and improving new and existing services are a vital part of ensuring the care of our service-users are optimal. Incorporating new science, technology and theories requires extensive research prior to incorporation, which we also conduct. These include but are not limited to:

  •  Access to services
  •  ​Efficacy of services
  • Impact in community and on service user(s)
  • Outcomes of services
  • Results of services
  • Service procedures  ​

Current related studies open for recruitment

Summary

Examining the circumstances leading up to and surrounding deaths by suicide of people under the recent care of, or recently discharged from mental health services; identifying factors and making policy and practice recommendations.

Inclusion criteria

Clinicians will only be asked to complete the NCISH questionnaire (stage 3 of data collection) if a patient they were responsible for has died by suicide and the patient was in contact with mental health services in the year prior to their death.

Exclusion criteria

Only patients who have died by suicided and had been under the care of recent care of mental services included, so it is not possible to volunteer or participate.

Targeted, end date and PI

EPUT: 200

31.03.27

No PI. 

Study Lead: Elizabeth Phillips