Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust

A Mixed‐Methods Evaluation of a Dietetic Outcome Measure Tool Pilot in a Community Eating Disorder Service

ABSTRACT Background Eating disorders (EDs) are associated with significant physical, psychological, and social impairments. Dietitians play a vital role in ED treatment, yet their impact is underreported. Aim To evaluate the pilot implementation of a novel dietetic outcome measur...

Supporting adults with intellectual disabilities to be more involved in decisions about their mental health medications: A co-produced mixed methods study

BACKGROUND: People with intellectual disabilities are more likely to take mental health (psychotropic) medications than other people. Despite long-standing concern about this, there has been little focus on how people with intellectual disabilities can be supported to be more inv...

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...