Cheshire West and Chester

Patient involvement with the HCR-20: a qualitative interview study of professionals’ experiences of collaborative risk assessment and management

Purpose The assessment and management of violence risk is integral to a patient’s care pathway in secure mental health care. Risk assessment tools, such as the Historical Clinical Risk-20 (HCR-20), are embedded in practice, framing an individual’s risk and supporting clinical dec...

Promoting smoking cessation and preventing relapse to tobacco use following a smokefree mental health in‐patient stay: A multi‐centre randomised controlled feasibility study

Abstract Aims This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a new theory‐ and evidence‐based intervention designed to prevent return to pre‐admission smoking behaviours after discharge from a smokefree mental health in‐patient setting in the United Kingdom (UK). Design...