Forensic service users' experience of recall.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Forensic mental health service users’ experience of hospital recall under the Mental Health Act.
IRAS ID
271373
Contact name
Candice Wormald
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Staffordshire University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
This study aims to understand forensic mental health service users’ experience of being recalled and what they believe might promote their psychological wellbeing post release to prevent being recalled.
The study aims to answer:
- What are service users’ experience of the discharge process and preparation for their discharge?
- What is their experience of social and professional support in the community post discharge (personal relationships, employment, probation, housing)?
- What is their understanding as to the reason they were recalled?
- Do they feel anything could have helped to prevent their recall?Understanding forensic service users’ experiences of being readmitted, their understanding of their recall and what they perceive may have helped prevent recall, will support the National Health Service (NHS) policies to improve personalised care and reduce preventable admissions to inpatient services. NHS reports suggest improved pathways between Forensic units and the community will better support recovery. The NHS recommends improved pathways from secure to the community through outreach teams, supported housing and residential rehabilitation, suggesting this will prevent avoidable recall. They promote expansion of liaison and diversion schemes nationally, developed to support diverting service users from secure units through agency liaison. This study explores service users’ experiences after discharge and their view of any professional support provided in the community. It will contribute to forensic inpatient and community interventions and therapy to support service users’ which may help reduce recall rates.
Participants are invited to take part who have been detained under the Mental Health Act on a Forensic Secure unit and have experienced discharge and recall. Participants are invited to take part in a semi-structured interview (approximately one hour) and provide demographic information about themselves. The study is envisaged to be completed by 30 April 2020 and forms part of a doctoral thesis.
REC name
West Midlands - Edgbaston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/WM/0325
Date of REC Opinion
11 Dec 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion