At Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust @southern_nhsft we are always looking at new ways we can work with our patients, and in particular, keep them out of hospital if they don't need to be in there.
The Intensive Intervention Programme is a new way of supporting patients with high impact behaviours and needs, normally associated with EUPD emotionally unstable personality disorder. It’s made up of a multi-disciplinary team including a nurse, OT tech, social worker, psychologist, and psychiatrist – who identify patients that are at risk of admission to or ready for discharge from a psychiatric hospital and work with them to support them in a variety of ways to keep them out of hospital.
Hear from Alice North, clinical nurse specialist in liaison psychiatry and Lucie Ferris, an OT Tech, and their role in the IIP, the work they are doing to support patients with EUPD and what a difference this way of working is making, not only to the patients and their carers, but also to staff, who now feel part of the solution.
You can listen to the podcast HERE