Question

Which criteria are important in determining the duration of the service delivered by the mobile crisis team?

Problem description

In Birmingham patients can be followed up to 5 months. This is not possible here, given the expectation of the authorities to limit home visits to a maximum of 4 weeks. Some of the patients of our crisis team have, in our view, a need for a longer period than 4 weeks of treatment or guidance

Impact - effect

In Birmingham the Home Treatment Team can usually finalise its intervention quickly, only rarely it can take 5 months, but they do have this possibility.  Working with a limited duration is problematic when the care continuity (the relay) can’t be started immediately, which is often the case

To do

To do: a more flexible approach of the duration of the treatment and guidance would be beneficial to patients. Think about customised care. How can we ensure that we are critical enough to complete on time after a crisis, but at the same time monitoring continuous crises

Theme

Starting up and further development/deployment of mobile teams

Topic

critical success factors for starting up and further development/deployment

Reference -  contact

Heidi Peeters, Nieke Plessers

Mobile team

2a

Project

Reling

Intership abroad - place

Birmingham (CRHT Solihull)

Date

May 2014