Welcome to NAPICU

 

About NAPICU

Welcome to the National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care and Low Secure Units website.

NAPICU is a rapidly expanding organisation committed to developing and promoting the intensive care speciality. The Association was officially formed in 1998 although the roots of its formation lie three years previous to that.

The aims of NAPICU are:

To improve Service user experience and outcome and to promote staff support and development with Psychiatric Intensive Care Units/Low Secure Units by (in a multidisciplinary Manner):

  • Improving Mechanisms for the delivery of psychiatric intensive care and low secure care
  • Auditing effectiveness
  • Promoting research, education and practice development

The association uses a number of tools and methods to meet these aims, including: quarterly meetings and academic seminars; E-newsletters; training initiatives; website; and of course the Annual National Conference. Various committees have been established to take an overview and further develop PICUs or LSUs through research, audit, training and education. A strategy and planning group is currently being assembled and this group will be working on gathering evidence-based data through a National Audit to help formulate policy and influence the provision of high quality care in PICUs and LSUs.
 

 

Latest News

The Department of Health is currently in the process of consulting on two proposed commissioning guides:

1. Psychiatric Intensive Care (PICU): Good practice commissioning guide, consultation draft

2. Low Secure Services: Good practice commissioning guide, consultation draft

Copies of the consultation draft documents and the full details of the consultation are available via the Department of Health website at:

http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/01/consultation-on-low-secure-services-and-psychiatric-intensive-care

The Department of Health hopes to receive contributions from all stakeholders with an interest in psychiatric intensive care and low secure services. The consultation process ends on the 19th April 2012.

The response to the Department of Health from the NAPICU Executive Committee. Download NAPICU's response document here

 

 

Further News

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