Southampton EIP service – NCCMH

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The Southampton EIP service is one of the four EIP services provided by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. The service covers the city of Southampton and southern parishes and also provides support for a large university population.

Co-Production

  • From start: No
  • During process: Yes
  • In evaluation: No

Evaluation

  • Peer: Yes
  • Academic: No
  • PP Collaborative: No

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Demonstrating positive practice in relation to statement 3, 5 and 8 of the Psychosis and Schizophrenia in Adults NICE quality standard:

3. Family members of adults with psychosis or schizophrenia are offered family intervention.

5. Adults with psychosis or schizophrenia who wish to find or return to work are offered supported employment programmes.

8. Carers of adults with psychosis or schizophrenia are offered carer-focused education and support programmes.

Southampton population, incidence and workforce for 16–64 year olds

Approximate population

167,297

Predicted cases per year (from Fingertips data)

48

Incidence per 100,000 people aged 16-64 years (from Fingertips data)

28.4

Service model

‘Stand alone’ EIP service

Workforce

The team is multidisciplinary, consisting of a team leader
(1.0 WTE), a consultant psychiatrist (0.85 WTE), a qualified psychologist (0.5 WTE), community psychiatric nurses (3.0 WTE), social workers (1.8 WTE), occupational therapists (1.6 WTE), support, time and recovery workers (2.8 WTE), a carer support worker (1.0 WTE) and an administrator (0.5 WTE).

Commissioner

Southampton CCG
West Hampshire CCG
North Hampshire CCG
South Eastern Hampshire, Fareham and Gosport CCG

Provider

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Website

http://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/services/mental-health/adult/ eip/

 

The Southampton EIP service is one of the four EIP services provided by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. The service covers the city of Southampton and southern parishes and also provides support for a large university population.

Working towards quality statement 1, the Southampton EIP service places a strong emphasis on improving referrals. All urgent cases are co-worked with the crisis team and there is a 10-day waiting time for routine assessment through a single point of entry. Support is also offered throughout the evening and weekends.

The service offers a range of additional services tailored to both the service user and their carer. The Southampton EIP service is also continuing to work to improve its interface with CAMHS. Link workers regularly liaise with CAMHS to promote communication and encourage future referrals through promoting awareness of the psychosis pathway.

Additional support is also offered in the form of youth groups, which promote self-esteem, confidence and communication and a carer support worker, who offers behavioural family therapy (quality statement 3). Extended from this, in order to ensure that the needs of carers are met (quality statement 8), healios provide assistance and clinical guidance, including web-based carer support and family interventions. This also includes an app to assist in the early detection of relapse.

In order to promote employment (quality statement 5) vocational work and basic English and maths classes are run in conjunction with City Limits and Southampton City College. Art and restoration projects and football training are also supported by the city council and Southampton FC respectively. Finally, as part of making services more accessible, future plans include increasing psychoeducation at schools and universities.

Training to ensure the provision of NICE-recommended care

  • Teams regularly receive supervision.
    Care coordinators trained in psychological interventions are supervised by clinical psychologists.
  • All care coordinators receive family work training and supervision.
  • Nurse prescribers are supervised by the team psychiatrist who is a BABCP-accredited cognitive therapist.
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