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EV0338

Presenting the case: improving new patient assessments and presentations in a community mental health team

MAKING THE CASE: IMPROVING NEW PATIENT ASSESSMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS IN A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TEAM

Focused training sessions and a redesigned assessment form increased community mental health team staff members’ knowledge and confidence in assessing and presenting patients.

The project aimed to improve staff members’ knowledge and confidence in conducting and presenting new patient assessments in a community mental health team (CMHT) facing increasing demand and workforce pressures. It was designed as a quality improvement project, with one Plan–Do–Study–Act (PDSA) cycle conducted between 28/11/24 and 25/02/26. Ten team members completed anonymous questionnaires before the intervention and seven after it, using a ten-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 10 = strongly agree). The questionnaires explored confidence in assessment, understanding of criteria for referral to secondary care and care coordination, and the usability of the existing assessment form; qualitative themes were identified through group discussion. Three training sessions covered psychosis assessment, self-harm, and presentation skills. The redesigned form was used between 12/5/25 and 25/02/26, and differences were reported descriptively. Pre-intervention qualitative feedback highlighted lengthy forms, lengthy presentations, and interruptions; after the intervention, the new form was described as more structured and user-friendly. The poster’s percentage-change chart shows the largest increases in psychosis assessment and understanding of criteria for referral to secondary care, with the smallest increase in substance use assessment; the exact numerical values in the chart were not legible. The authors recommend clinical training sessions every six months, reinforcement of induction training on referral criteria, and repetition of the cycle, noting the small sample and single PDSA cycle as limitations.

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