Mental Health Joint Response Car
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Evaluating the Implementation of a Mental Health Joint Response Car Through Realist Methods and Health Economic Evaluation
IRAS ID
332304
Contact name
Sarah Parry
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 0 months, 31 days
Research summary
Research shows young people are better supported when services work together. A joined-up approach to emergency care could help young people and their families. This means helping them feel heard, stay at home, avoid frightening hospital stays and traumatic admissions, and reduce the need for restrictive practices.
What will we do?
We will offer this joint response intervention between the police and a mental health practitioner for young people. With funding from the NIHR HS&DR programme, we will produce evidence on how well the approach works for young people in crisis. We will explore how this joint response to young people in crisis could operate effectively within children’s services, working closely with national policy advisors and decision makers to bring about long-term changes in systems through evidencing ‘what works’.How will we do it?
Our study will begin with a comprehensive realist synthesis to ensure we understand the evidence base. Throughout this process, we will discuss our findings from the review with people with lived experience of mental health crisis to develop a theory of how a joint response to crises could help young people.We will then pilot the joint response to emergency calls from young people in Greater Manchester to test how well the approach works and hear what young people and their families think about the service. This information will help us develop the best possible framework for joint response to crisis calls and a guide as to how to do it well.
Overall, we will aim to provide key evidence as to whether a joined-up service is a better way to support young people in crisis, and evidence as to how it can work as well as possible, to provide a new framework for future planning for crisis care for young people.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/NW/0136
Date of REC Opinion
20 Aug 2024
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion