scholarly journals The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Alex Till ◽  
Deepa Bagepalli Krishnan ◽  
Russell Gibson ◽  
Michael Hobkirk ◽  
David Somerfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Benefit Patient ◽  
Medical Leadership ◽  
Development Structure

Summary The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme aims to develop and support a new cohort of leaders within psychiatry. This article provides an introduction to the scheme, which is accessible to all higher trainees with the support of their host organisation. We explore its development, structure and how it is evolving to provide a strong platform for achieving the College's ambition to benefit patient care by embedding a culture of medical leadership within mental health services.

scholarly journals New Ways of Working is dead, long live New Ways of Working! Revised joint guidance on the employment of consultant psychiatrists

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 149-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Clark
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Professional Roles ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
New Ways Of Working ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Team Functioning

SummaryIn 2005 the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the NHS Confederation, the National Institute for Mental Health in England and the Department of Health jointly produced the first edition of the Joint Guidance on the Employment of Consultant Psychiatrists. This was integral to the New Ways of Working initiative and outline different professional roles within mental health services. Four years on the document has been extensively revised. The new 2009 edition emphasises achieving viable and satisfying consultant posts through effective job planning and good team functioning. It also contains guidance on recruitment processes with useful examples of templates, flowcharts and good practices.

scholarly journals Activity in a district psychotherapy service

1994 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 544-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Tillett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Local Mental Health ◽  
South West ◽  
Major Teaching

The Royal College of Psychiatrists (1991) has recommended that all local mental health services should include specialist psychotherapy departments. At present these are uncommon outside major teaching centres, although a considerable amount of simple psychotherapy is provided on an ad hoc basis by mental health professionals of various disciplines. This paper describes the structure, functioning and costs of a specialist department in a non-teaching district in the south west of England.

scholarly journals Profile: Vanessa Cameron – 36 years at the Royal College of Psychiatrists

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 341-345
Author(s):  
Rob Poole ◽  
Catherine A. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Continuous Change ◽  
Mental Hospitals

On 16 December 2016, Vanessa Cameron retires as Chief Executive of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She started working there in September 1980 and in 1984 she became Secretary of the College, the role that preceded chief executive. The College was formed in 1971, so Vanessa has been present for most of its lifetime. It has been a period of continuous change that has seen psychiatry leave the old mental hospitals, expand considerably in the late 1990s and early part of the 21st century, and come under huge pressure more recently. Although she has never worked within mental health services, Vanessa has been at the heart of British psychiatry for 36 years. She was awarded an MBE in the 2013 New Year's Honours list for services to psychiatry.

Are Psychiatrists Equipped for Management Roles in Mental Health Services?

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Tobin ◽  
Julie L. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Management Positions ◽  
Management Roles

Objective: To promote the discussion of leadership and management skills development among psychiatrists in Australia and New Zealand. Method: A key informant survey of fellows of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists was conducted via a semi-structured interview. This canvassed views about leadership and management issues including levels of confidence and needs for additional skills. Results: There was widespread support for psychiatrists to be in management roles in mental health services; however, on entering management positions, psychiatrists often felt inadequately trained and prepared for their new role. Furthermore, many who had made the transition to management perceived a lack of support from their clinical colleagues. Clinicians appeared to believe that management was not difficult to learn and could be done by any experienced clinician. The provision of short courses and mentoring programmes is the preferred option for most psychiatrists seeking to acquire leadership and management skills. Conclusions: For psychiatrists to maximize their potential as leaders in Australian and New Zealand mental health services, greater attention to promoting the acquisition of relevant skills throughout training and in the post-fellowship years is required. Psychiatrists need to be supported and encouraged to pursue further education, training and research in this area. Failure to address this issue risks psychiatrists continuing to feel disadvantaged in management roles and hence reluctant to undertake the challenge.

scholarly journals Service user, patient, survivor or client … has the time come to return to ‘patient’?

2016 ◽  
Vol 209 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. B. Christmas ◽  
Angela Sweeney
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Service User ◽  
The Uk

SummaryRecently, the Council of the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists agreed to use the term ‘patient’ as the preferred collective noun when referring to people accessing mental health services in its official documentation. Choices regarding terminology have the power to influence those who use such terms and here, David Christmas and Angela Sweeney debate the issue of whether such a decision is appropriate or whether we need to be more careful about the terms we use.

scholarly journals Take your partners please

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 272-275
Author(s):  
David Yeomans
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Early Intervention Services ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Clinical Responsibility ◽  
Adult Psychiatry

Partnership working with the voluntary sector is developing across mental health services. Such partnerships have the support of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Department of Health. Setting up a partnership requires enthusiastic psychiatrists who are willing to work in new ways. These psychiatrists will face issues of personal and clinical responsibility, confidentiality and fairness. They will also have to deal with continuing changes that could unsettle a new and developing collaboration. Early intervention services may use partnerships more than other adult psychiatry services, but partnerships could be established in any specialty. Psychiatrists should make sure that appropriate evaluation is built into any new partnership.

The Role of the Consumer in the Leadership and Management of Mental Health Services

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 362-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Consumer Involvement ◽  
Leadership And Management

Objective: To reflect on consumer involvement in the leadership and management of mental health services through consideration of relevant policy directives, pertinent literature and current practice, and to consider the role of psychiatrists in promoting consumer involvement. Conclusions: Both Australia and New Zealand have significant policy directives in relation to consumer involvement in mental health services. The actual realization of consumer involvement within the mental health sector is extremely variable and the extent of genuine participation highly questionable, particularly in regard to leadership and management roles. It is important that the rationale for consumer involvement is continually highlighted and understood by all mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, so as to discourage the practice of including consumers solely for the sake of adhering to political policies. The attitudes of health professionals have been identified as having the most significant impact on consumer involvement. It is questionable whether the critical contribution of consumer involvement in mental health services should remain dependant on the attitudes of non-consumers within the sector. In New Zealand, a paradigm shift is occurring with consumer involvement moving from a construct of ‘participation’ to one of ‘leadership’. Psychiatristscan, and should, play a significant role in advocating for the development of mental health services in directions which support and promote consumer involvement at all levels.

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