Scottish Government

Child Health Support Group
Inpatient Working Group - Psychiatric Inpatient Services for Children and Young People in Scotland
A Way Forward

December 2004

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE: Introduction
CHAPTER TWO: Current position
CHAPTER THREE: The need for psychiatric inpatient provision
CHAPTER FOUR: Defining capacity
CHAPTER FIVE: Location
CHAPTER SIX: Philosophy of care
CHAPTER SEVEN: Model of care
CHAPTER EIGHT: Staff training & development
CHAPTER NINE: Age appropriate care
CHAPTER TEN: Intensive outreach
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Commissioning arrangements
CHAPTER TWELVE: Data and information

APPENDIX 1: Summary of recommendations
APPENDIX 2: Inpatient Working Group membership
APPENDIX 3: National admissions data
APPENDIX 4: The West of Scotland adolescent bed model
APPENDIX 5: Young people's unit staffing profile
APPENDIX 6: Admission criteria
APPENDIX 7: National Inpatient Forum