Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community or care home settings

Key messages

The workshop used the guideline as a starting point to review current practice and to identify challenges and priority areas for improvement. Detailed discussions at the workshop identified 3 key areas crucial in providing effective support:

1. Delivering services that are person-centred and focused on recovery – leading to care and support that is tailored to the unique needs of the person and supports their recovery.

2. Ensuring effective communication between teams and with people using services, families and carers – leading to closer working between multi-disciplinary teams and better coordinated care for the person.

3. Co-producing comprehensive care plans that meet people's changing needs – leading to improved continuity of care for people as they move between services.