Dr Stephen Pereira, Chairman NAPICU

The National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care Units is a truly multi disciplinary clinician lead NHS organisation committed to the development of psychiatric intensive care and low secure services in the UK. We are proud to announce that we are now in our 11th year with an ever increasing membership of 187 NHS Trusts and private health care facilities from across the UK and countries around the world.

This site enables you to find out more about our organisation, share information on forth coming events and participate in a wide range of discussion forums, information on training and job opportunities and excellent networking opportunities with like minded clinicians of all disciplines from around the world.

As a NAPICU member you can further benefit from free places at quarterly meetings and discounted rates for NAPICU Annual Conferences hosted each year by one of our member trusts. Free bi-annual subscription to the new Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care, which was launched in September 2005. The first journal of it's kind. Ever thought about submitting a paper for publication ? Why not visit the 'Journal' page to find out more.

Members of NAPICU have played a leading and comprehensive role in the development of the UK Department of Health National Minimum Standards for Adult Services in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units and Low Secure Services. Developing practice to meet these standard in Units is being supported by the National PICU Governance Network co facilitated by NAPICU, NIMHE and NELMHT

Please take time to browse through the various pages. Any other comments you have can be emailed to the NAPICU Office in Glasgow. info@napicu.org.uk or our web editor Alan at a.metherall@napicu.org.uk

Dr Stephen Pereira, Chairman NAPICU, May 2007