Safety recommendation
HSSIB recommends that the Care Quality Commission work with the Department of Health and Social Care to understand prioritisation for assessing transitions in mental health care within Integrated Care System assessments. Any subsequent work should include the development of a methodology to identify the challenges described in the investigation report relating to transition from inpatient children and young people’s mental health services, to adult mental health services. This is to improve the safety, quality and consistency of transitions across England.
Response:
Our ICS assessments are currently paused. We are planning to undertake further development and testing of our ICS assessment approach during 2025, subject to resources being made available to support that work. We remain committed to exploring if and how our assessments might include an assessment of transition from inpatient children and young people’s mental health services to adult mental health services. This will include reflecting any objectives and priorities for ICS assessments that may be set by the Secretary of State in the future.
Action planned to deliver safety recommendation:
- Development and testing of ICS approach, by end 2025. Other dependencies identified: Final approach requires agreement by Secretary of State.
Response received on 5 March 2025.