NICE have been asked to develop a guideline on the Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community and care home settings for use in England. The draft scope defines what aspects of care the guideline will cover and to whom it will apply.  Registered stakeholders for this topic are invited to submit comments on the scope. Individuals and organisations not registered as stakeholders are not able to comment, we recommend that you register as a stakeholder or you contact the registered stakeholder organisation that most closely represents your interests and pass your comments to them.

• List of registered stakeholders  
• Information on the progress for this guideline

Consultation dates: 30 September – 28 October 2014

Consultation documents:

• Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community and care home settings for people: Draft scope
• Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community and care home settings for people: Comments proforma
• Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community and care home settings for people: Stakeholder workshop notes
• Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community and care home settings for people: Draft equality impact assessment   

Points to consider in the consultation:

• The draft scope takes a whole population approach and includes adults, and children and young people.  What do you think the advantages and disadvantages are of taking this approach?
• Transition is a key issue across a range of NICE guidelines and defining what transition means in different contexts is complex. The focus of this scope is on transitions where there is a move between settings. Are there accepted or commonly used definitions of transition in your services?
• Do you think this scope could be changed to better promote equality of opportunity relating to age, disability, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, religion and belief, sexual orientation or socio-economic status?

In answering this question, please include details of:

• Which particular parts of the scope you think affect equality of opportunity.
• Why and how you think equality of opportunity is affected.

How to submit your comments:

Please use the comments proforma and return by email to transitionsmh@nice.org.uk  

NICE is unable to accept:

• Comments from non-registered organisations – if you wish your comments to be considered please register via the NICE website
• Comments from individuals – please contact the registered stakeholder organisation that most closely represents your interests and pass your comments to them
• More than one response per stakeholder organisation
• Comments received after the consultation deadline (5pm)
• Comments that are not on the correct proforma
• Confidential information or other material that you would not wish to be made public
• Personal medical information about yourself or another person from which your or the person’s identity could be ascertained.

What will happen to your comments:

• All eligible comments  will be sent to the NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC) at the end of the consultation
• Comments from registered stakeholders and nominated expert reviewers ONLY will be formally responded to by the NCCSC and posted on the NICE website after the final scope is published.
• No action will be taken upon receipt of personal, individual comments and late comments.
• Please note: NICE reserves the right to summarise and edit comments received during consultations, or not to publish them at all, where in the reasonable opinion of NICE, the comments are voluminous, publication would be unlawful or publication would be otherwise inappropriate.

Acknowledgement of comments:

You should receive an automated acknowledgement from the email box when you email your comments.  If you do not receive this acknowledgement, please contact anneka.patel@nice.org.uk to ensure your comments have been safely received.

Comments received in the course or consultations carried out by NICE are published in the interests of openness and transparency, and to promote understanding of how recommendations are developed. The comments are published as a record of the submissions that NICE has received, and are not endorsed by NICE, its officers or advisory committees.

Anticipated publication date: 24 August 2016