About Improving Mental Health Crisis Care

The National Mental Health Crisis Summit takes a practical case study based approach to improving services and outcomes for people with mental health conditions requiring urgent and crisis care. The day will focus on improving services for mental health crisis care, through learning from organisations that have succeeded in addressing the challenge of improving access and delivering an effective mental health crisis pathway in line with the national concordat. Case Studies of Beyond Places of Safety Crisis services will be presented following the Department of Health additional funding focusing on timely support to relieve pressures on hospitals by reducing unnecessary visits to A&E for those experiencing a crisis.

This conference will enable you to:
• Network with colleagues working to improve outcomes and access to crisis care for people with mental health conditions
• Learn from personal experience of those who have lived experience of mental health crisis, and crisis services
• Update your knowledge on national developments
• Understand how you can support people in crisis to access crisis care services with speed and ease
• Developing your skills in crisis prevention and care planning
• Identify key strategies for supporting recovery and preventing relapse
• Reflect on how you can work with people to give integrated care in co-ordination with other organisations
• Understand how to measure outcomes in mental health crisis services
• Self assess and reflect on your own practice
• Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence