CAMHS Model Governance

Lego Block image to represent CAMHS Governance

The Department of Health describes Clinical Governance as ‘The system through which NHS organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which clinical excellence will flourish.’

Clinical governance encompasses quality assurance, quality improvement and risk and incident management.

Accountability

Across Black Country CAMHS, we evidence our accountability through:

Attendance and discussion at Clinical Governance Meetings (Monthly).
Attendance and discussion at Clinical Effectiveness Groups (Monthly).
Attendance and discussion at Patient Risk and Safety Meetings (Monthly).
Assurance Reports where there is provocation to consider whether our actions and/or processes achieve what they should. These reports detail the review of an event of occurrence.
Working to local Black Country Healthcare Policies and Procedures.
Adhering to NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) Standards and Guidelines.
Working to NHS Models of Care (such as Thrive).
Adhering to National Data and Information Guidance.
Listening to, and acting on Patient Satisfaction and Patient Feedback.
Reporting on agreed KPIs (Key Performance Indicators).
Monitoring and acting on the performance of our teams across our Black Country CAMHS services.
Adhering to our Risk and Safety protocols.
Competent practitioners e.g. Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, therapeutic qualifications of psychological practitioners.
All CAMHS staff with direct patient contact hold up to date DBS certificates.

Clinical Models

The Thrive Model is used across Health and Education systems. It outlines an approach to care, recognising that children’s needs are met in all of their relationships, and not only with specialist services e.g. CAMHS. The model supports that working to support children to remain in ‘thriving’ is, as important as working to help children return to ‘thriving’.

Please see below link for more information:

Thrive Framework (link)

Thrive Model image

Relevant NICE Guidance

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) publishes clinical standards and guidance to advise the NHS and its services on how clinical treatments should be conducted.

Across CAMHS we have pathways embedded to support the following NICE standards and guidance:

Relevant Policies and Procedures

There are many policies, procedures and SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) ratified across Black Country Healthcare to provide guidance to services.

CAMHS Services operate policies and procedures ratified on the below topics:

CAMHS Specific Policies/Standard Operating Procedures
Data Quality & Record Keeping
Dignity & Equal Opportunities
Fire Safety
Health & Safety
Infection, Prevention & Control
Information Governance including Information Sharing & Confidentiality
IT and Use of Digital Technology
Medical Policies
Mental Health Act & Mental Capacity Act
Patient Alert & Safety
Risk Management
Safeguarding
Service User Involvement & Feedback
Staffing/Human Resources

You can view some of our policies and procedures on the Black Country Health Care NHS Foundation Trust website: www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk

More about Understanding CAMHS

To learn more about how our CAMHS services work, you can access the Patient Journey, Clinical and Managerial sections in the links below.

CAMHS Model - Patient Journey

CAMHS Model Clinical

CAMHS Model Managerial