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This conference will focus on the 10 key actions outlined in the ‘Improving the physical health of people living with severe mental illness’ NHS England guidance. We will take a practical case study based approach to assessing, monitoring and improving the physical health outcomes of people with severe mental illness.
There will be an emphasis on integrated working, and through learning from organisations that have succeeded in addressing the challenge of improving the physical health of people with mental health conditions and improving practice.
“People with severe mental illness can die up to 20 years early from preventable physical illness. Only 60% of people with SMI received a full physical health check last year. We must support all who need health care to get it.”
Dr Ed Beverage, Presidential Lead for Physical Health Royal College of Psychiatrists, November 2023
“In 2018 to 2020 the rate was 104 people with SMI dying per 100,000 adults, compared with 91 people with SMI dying per 100,000 adults for 2015 to 2017. This translates into approximately 6,600 extra deaths per year in 2018 to 2020 compared with 2015 to 2017. All areas in England should seek to reduce premature mortality in the population with SMI, and work to implement interventions to address this. Local area planners, commissioners and service providers should use the indicators presented in this report to add to their understanding of the inequality people with SMI in their areas face and to help determine what action to take.”
Premature mortality in adults with severe mental illness (SMI), Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, April 2023
“People with SMI are at a greater risk of poor physical health and have a higher premature mortality than the general population. People with SMI in England die on average 15 to 20 years earlier than the general population and have almost five times higher death rate for ages under 75 than the general population.”
NHS England, October 2023
“People with severe mental illness can be more likely to develop physical health issues compared to others so it’s really important they have their physical health check each year."
Dr Natasha Ward, Clinical Lead for Mental Health at Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board, May 2024
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues working to improve the physical health outcomes for people with mental health conditions
Reflect on the lived experience
Understand and reflect on the 10 key actions outlined in the ‘Improving the physical health of people living with severe mental illness’ NHS England guidance
Learn from established practice in the assessment and management of physical health conditions
Ensure you are up to date with the Improving the physical health of people living with severe mental illness guidance
Understand and reflect on what you need to do to bring together physical and mental health
Ensure every person under your care receives effective assessment and monitoring of physical health needs
Understand how you can support people to improve physical health and the impact on personal recovery journeys
Develop your skills in screening, assessment, treatment and monitoring
Improving physical health outcomes for people with SMI
Understand how you can improve and monitor the physical health of those with Schizophrenia
Identify key strategies to integrate physical and mental health together to manage comorbid complex physical and mental health problems
Reflect on how we can embed the improvement of physical health of people living with SMI in leadership and the workforce
Self assess and reflect on your own practice
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
