Evaluation of High Intensity Partnership Pilots
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Evaluation of High Intensity Partnership (Serenity Integrated Mentoring) pilots in Plymouth and North Devon.
IRAS ID
299573
Contact name
Lynne Callaghan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Plymouth
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
2462, University of Plymouth Faculty of Health Research Ethics and Integrity Committee approval
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 31 days
Research summary
Up to 70% of demand on police services due to mental health could be attributed to a small number of ‘high-intensity users’. ‘Serenity Integrated Mentoring’ (SIM) was developed in 2013 to meet the needs of these individuals and reduce demand on emergency services. Two High Intensity Pilots (HIPs) of this intervention were implemented in Plymouth and North Devon in 2019. We aim to understand service users’, delivery teams’ and partner organisations’ experiences of and and views about the intervention. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with service users and their families/carers, delivery teams and partner organisations, and focus groups conducted with key police and mental health service teams. Data from interviews and focus groups will be analysed to understand issues of importance to the delivery of the intervention and ways in which it could be improved. Findings will be fed back to the intervention delivery teams and the South West Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) to inform the next stage of the service. They will also be presented to service user groups and partner agencies and prepared for peer reviewed publication.
REC name
South West - Cornwall & Plymouth Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/SW/0179
Date of REC Opinion
15 Dec 2021
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion