Commissioning Guidance for Lymphoedema Services for Adults Living with and Beyond Cancer 2020 – Guidance for commissioners to improve the quality of life for people with lymphoedema in London. On this page: Overview Recommendations MDS spreadsheet Business case Service specification Community of practice report Webinar Overview The aim of this revised guidance developed by TCST and […]
These case studies describe models of care in place in the UK and elsewhere that may be helpful for Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in planning how to meet the needs of local children and young people (CYP). Sign up to our newsletter.
A step-by-step guide is available on the NHS Digital website providing a detailed description of the process for submitting data to the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS). View the step-by-step guide on the NHS Digital website here.
Nationally and regionally, there have been problems with access to specialist children’s and adolescent mental health services. While ten per cent of children nationally have a mental health condition requiring access to mental health services, only three per cent are able to do so. Rising demand, lengthening waiting times and high thresholds for access to […]
The Peer Education Project (Mental Health Foundation) provides a 5 session syllabus to all Year 7 pupils delivered by 6th form peers. It is based on the principle that young people are more likely to listen and respond to older peers than to adults. It is usually delivered through the PSHE programme but has also […]
DIALOG Analytical Framework An analytical framework has been developed with Stefan Priebe and colleagues at Queen Mary University of London. The analytical framework provides a consistent approach to understanding the DIALOG data and covers: What does DIALOG measure? What is a positive or negative score? When should ratings be obtained? Evaluating treatment Interpretation of scores […]
Pan-London education and training for DIALOG The purpose of these education and training slides is to support a consistent approach to London implementation of DIALOG and how it is used across each of the London Mental Health Trusts. The training includes: an overview of DIALOG and DIALOG+ how to rate DIALOG when to complete DIALOG […]
Translated versions Copies of the DIALOG scale are available in the following languages: DIALOG Scale Albanian DIALOG Scale Bosnian DIALOG Scale Croatian DIALOG Scale English DIALOG Scale Italian DIALOG Scale Luganda DIALOG Scale Macedonian DIALOG Scale Montenegrin DIALOG Scale Portuguese DIALOG scale Serbian DIALOG Scale Spanish DIALOG Scale Urdu Downloads
Videos (see links on right) We have produced an animated video aimed at service users who have a mental health illness to describe how they can use DIALOG and DIALOG+ to help support them with their recovery. We have also created a service user case study video to communicate the benefits of DIALOG for service users and […]
The Transforming Cancer Services Team for London (TSCT), Tower Hamlets CCG and Tower Hamlets Clinical Effectiveness Group have produced a joint paper regarding the clinical coding of cancer patients within primary care. The document provides a comparative analysis of national Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) practice register data with the National Cancer Registration & Analysis […]