scholarly journals Evaluation of paediatric liaison psychiatry services in England 2015-2019

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
pp. S325-S326
Author(s):  
Declan Hines ◽  
William Lee ◽  
Tamsin Ford ◽  
Sophie Westwood
Keyword(s):  
Response Times ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Medical Patients ◽  
Liaison Psychiatry ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Telephone Contact ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Acute Hospitals

AimsLiaison psychiatry services (LPSs) provide psychiatric care to general medical patients. This paper aims to evaluate LPS provision for children and young people In England.MethodThe annual Liaison Psychiatry Surveys of England (LPSEs) included questions on paediatric services from 2015 (LPSE-2). Questions were developed in consultation with NHS England and the Liaison Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. We analysed data from LPSE-2 and three subsequent surveys.LPSs were systematically identified by contacting all acute hospitals with Type 1 emergency departments listed by NHS England. All identified LPSs were emailed a copy of the questionnaire, with follow-up emails and telephone contact for non-responders. Responses by email, post or telephone were accepted.ResultThe number of acute hospitals with access to paediatric LPSs increased from 29 (16%) in 2015 to 46 (27%) in 2019; all of these hospitals had access to adult LPSs. The number of paediatric LPSs with at least 11 full time equivalent (FTE) mental health practitioners (MHPs) has increased from 6% to 24% and from none to 16% with 13 FTE or more MHPs. For both LPSE-4 and LPSE-5, there were only two acute hospitals where both 8 FTE MHPs and 1.5 FTE consultants were present. For LPSE-4, only one site met the Core 24 criteria (for adults - there are no criteria for paediatric LPSs) of 11 FTE MHPs and 1.5 FTE consultants, and for LPSE-5, both these sites exceeded them. Other paediatric services did not meet the adult core 24 criteria for a LPS.Acute hospitals with access to 24/7 paediatric LPSs increased from 12% to 19% between LPSE-4 and LPSE-5. In LPSE-5 68% of paediatric LPS worked to a one-hour response time target to the ED. This is an increase from 42% (14/33) in LPSE-4.ConclusionThere are still far fewer paediatric than adult LPSs, but the provision of paediatric LPSs improved from 2015 to 2019, with more services, more staffing, and faster response times. Services need to continue to improve as few services match the adult core 24 criteria for an LPS.

scholarly journals A Study of Advanced Practice Provider Staffing Models and Professional Development Opportunities at National Comprehensive Cancer Network Member Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annie Austin, MSN, AGACNP, AOCNP ◽  
Kellyann Jeffries, CNP ◽  
Diana Krause, MHA ◽  
Jessica Sugalski, MPPA ◽  
Karen Sharrah, DNP, APRN, FNPc ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
National Comprehensive Cancer Network ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Network Member ◽  
Advanced Practice ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Cancer Network

Introduction: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Best Practices Committee created an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Workgroup to develop recommendations to support APP roles at NCCN Member Institutions. Methods: The Workgroup conducted three surveys to understand APP program structure, staffing models, and professional development opportunities at NCCN Member Institutions. Results: The total number of new and follow-up visits a 1.0 APP full-time equivalent conducts per week in shared and independent visits ranged from 11 to 97, with an average of 40 visits per week (n = 39). The type of visits APPs conduct include follow-up shared (47.2%), follow-up independent (46%), new shared (6.5%), and new independent visits (0.5%). Seventy-two percent of respondents utilize a mixed model visit type, with 15% utilizing only independent visits and 13% utilizing only shared visits (n = 39). Of the 95% of centers with APP leads, 100% indicated that leads carry administrative and clinical responsibilities (n = 20); however, results varied with respect to how this time is allocated. Professional development opportunities offered included posters, papers, and presentations (84%), leadership development (57%), research opportunities (52%), writing book chapters (19%), and other professional development activities (12%; n = 422). Twenty percent of APPs indicated that protected time to engage in development opportunities should be offered. Conclusion: As evidenced by the variability of the survey results, the field would benefit from developing standards for APPs. There is a lack of information regarding leadership structures to help support APPs, and additional research is needed. Additionally, centers should continuously assess the career-long opportunities needed to maximize the value of oncology APPs.

scholarly journals Development of liaison psychiatry

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 291-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Guthrie
Keyword(s):  
National Database ◽  
Specific Work ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Half Time ◽  
Liaison Psychiatry ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Specialist Registrar ◽  
General Psychiatry ◽  
Current State ◽  
And Training

A survey was undertaken to establish the current state of liaison psychiatry in England, Scotland and Wales. Eighty-six consultants were identified who carry out specific work in liaison psychiatry, 43 of these consultants hold either full-time or half-time posts in liaison. Sixteen new posts in liaison (full-time equivalent (FTE) or half-time equivalent (HTE)) have been created in the past two years. Half of these were entirely new posts and half have been created by consultants already in a general psychiatry post renegotiating their contracts. Some specialist registrar schemes have no training slots in liaison psychiatry and others have training slots in liaison psychiatry which are supervised by a trainer who is not in a FTE/HTE liaison post. A national database is required to track expansion in liaison psychiatry and training at specialist registrar level needs to be developed.

Sharing Care: The Psychiatrist in the Family Physician's Office

1997 ◽  
Vol 42 (9) ◽  
pp. 960-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Kates ◽  
Marilyn A Craven ◽  
Anne-Marie Crustolo ◽  
Lambrina Nikolaou ◽  
Chris Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Primary Care Providers ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
The Family

Objective: One way of strengthening ties between primary care providers and psychiatrists is for a psychiatrist to visit a primary care practice on a regular basis to see and discuss patients and to provide educational input and advice for family physicians. This paper reviews the experiences of a program in Hamilton, Ontario that brings psychiatrists and counsellors into the offices of 88 local family physicians in 36 practices. Method: Data are presented based on the activities of psychiatrists working in 13 practices over a 2-year period. Data were gathered from forms routinely completed by family physicians when making a referral and by psychiatrists whenever they saw a new case. An annual satisfaction questionnaire for all providers participating in the program was also used to gather information. Results: Over a 2-year period, 1021 patients were seen in consultation by one full-time equivalent psychiatrist. The average duration of a consultation was 51 minutes, and a family member was present for 12% of the visits. Twenty-one percent of the patients were seen for at least one follow-up visit, 75% of which were prearranged. In addition, 1515 cases were discussed during these visits without the patient being seen. All participants had a high satisfaction rating for their involvement with the project. Conclusions: Benefits of this approach include increased accessibility to psychiatric consultation, enhanced continuity of care, support for family physicians, and improved communication between psychiatrists and family physicians. This model, which has great potential for innovative approaches to continuing education and resident placements, demands new skills of participating psychiatrists.

Independent Association of a Metabolic Syndrome Severity Score with All-Cause Mortality in Type 1 Diabetes—A 10-Year Follow-Up

Diabetes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 618-P
Author(s):  
GIUSEPPE PENNO ◽  
MONIA GAROFOLO ◽  
ROSA GIANNARELLI ◽  
FABRIZIO CAMPI ◽  
DANIELA LUCCHESI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Severity Score ◽  
All Cause Mortality ◽  
Independent Association

Estimated Glucose Disposal Rate as a Predictor of All-Cause Mortality in Type 1 Diabetes—A 10-Year Follow-Up Study

Diabetes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 1694-P
Author(s):  
MONIA GAROFOLO ◽  
ALESSANDRA BERTOLOTTO ◽  
FABRIZIO CAMPI ◽  
DANIELA LUCCHESI ◽  
LAURA GIUSTI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Glucose Disposal ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
All Cause Mortality ◽  
Estimated Glucose Disposal Rate ◽  
Glucose Disposal Rate

322-OR: Risk Factors for Peripheral and Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy in Type 1 Diabetes: Thirty Years of Follow-Up in DCCT/EDIC

Diabetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 322-OR
Author(s):  
BARBARA BRAFFETT ◽  
ROSE GUBITOSI-KLUG ◽  
JAMES W. ALBERS ◽  
EVA L. FELDMAN ◽  
CATHERINE MARTIN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Autonomic Neuropathy ◽  
Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy

A Decade of Disparities in Diabetes Technology Use and HbA1c in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes: A Trans-Atlantic Comparison

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ananta Addala ◽  
Marie Auzanneau ◽  
Kellee Miller ◽  
Werner Maier ◽  
Nicole Foster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Hemoglobin A1c ◽  
Diabetes Technology ◽  
Design And Methods ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes

<b>Objective:</b> As diabetes technology use in youth increases worldwide, inequalities in access may exacerbate disparities in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). We hypothesized an increasing gap in diabetes technology use by socioeconomic status (SES) would be associated with increased HbA1c disparities. <p> </p> <p><b>Research Design and Methods: </b>Participants aged <18 years with diabetes duration ≥1 year in the Type 1 Diabetes Exchange (T1DX, US, n=16,457) and Diabetes Prospective Follow-up (DPV, Germany, n=39,836) registries were categorized into lowest (Q1) to highest (Q5) SES quintiles. Multiple regression analyses compared the relationship of SES quintiles with diabetes technology use and HbA1c from 2010-2012 and 2016-2018. </p> <p> </p> <p><b>Results: </b>HbA1c was higher in participants with lower SES (in 2010-2012 & 2016-2018, respectively: 8.0% & 7.8% in Q1 and 7.6% & 7.5% in Q5 for DPV; and 9.0% & 9.3% in Q1 and 7.8% & 8.0% in Q5 for T1DX). For DPV, the association between SES and HbA1c did not change between the two time periods, whereas for T1DX, disparities in HbA1c by SES increased significantly (p<0.001). After adjusting for technology use, results for DPV did not change whereas the increase in T1DX was no longer significant.</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Conclusions: </b>Although causal conclusions cannot be drawn, diabetes technology use is lowest and HbA1c is highest in those of the lowest SES quintile in the T1DX and this difference for HbA1c broadened in the last decade. Associations of SES with technology use and HbA1c were weaker in the DPV registry. </p>

Adult outcome after treatment of pediatric posterior fossa ependymoma: long-term follow-up of a single consecutive institutional series of 22 patients with more than 5 years of survival

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tryggve Lundar ◽  
Bernt Johan Due-Tønnessen ◽  
Radek Frič ◽  
Petter Brandal ◽  
Paulina Due-Tønnessen
Keyword(s):  
Proton Beam ◽  
Posterior Fossa ◽  
Adjuvant Treatment ◽  
Tumor Control ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
Long Term Survivors

OBJECTIVEEpendymoma is the third most common posterior fossa tumor in children; however, there is a lack of long-term follow-up data on outcomes after surgical treatment of posterior fossa ependymoma (PFE) in pediatric patients. Therefore, the authors sought to investigate the long-term outcomes of children treated for PFE at their institution.METHODSThe authors performed a retrospective analysis of outcome data from children who underwent treatment for PFE and survived for at least 5 years.RESULTSThe authors identified 22 children (median age at the time of surgery 3 years, range 0–18 years) who underwent primary tumor resection of PFE during the period from 1945 to 2014 and who had at least 5 years of observed survival. None of these 22 patients were lost to follow-up, and they represent the long-term survivors (38%) from a total of 58 pediatric PFE patients treated. Nine (26%) of the 34 children treated during the pre-MRI era (1945–1986) were long-term survivors, while the observed 5-year survival rate in the children treated during the MRI era (1987–2014) was 13 (54%) of 24 patients. The majority of patients (n = 16) received adjuvant radiotherapy, and 4 of these received proton-beam irradiation. Six children had either no adjuvant treatment (n = 3) or only chemotherapy as adjuvant treatment (n = 3). Fourteen patients were alive at the time of this report. According to MRI findings, all of these patients were tumor free except 1 patient (age 78 years) with a known residual tumor after 65 years of event-free survival.Repeat resections for residual or recurrent tumor were performed in 9 patients, mostly for local residual disease with progressive clinical symptoms; 4 patients underwent only 1 repeated resection, whereas 5 patients each had 3 or more resections within 15 years after their initial surgery. At further follow-up, 5 of the patients who underwent a second surgery were found to be dead from the disease with or without undergoing additional resections, which were performed from 6 to 13 years after the second procedure. The other 4 patients, however, were tumor free on the latest follow-up MRI, performed from 6 to 27 years after the last resection. Hence, repeated surgery appears to increase the chance of tumor control in some patients, along with modern (proton-beam) radiotherapy. Six of 8 patients with more than 20 years of survival are in a good clinical condition, 5 of them in full-time work and 1 in part-time work.CONCLUSIONSPediatric PFE occurs mostly in young children, and there is marked risk for local recurrence among 5-year survivors even after gross-total resection and postoperative radiotherapy. Repeated resections are therefore an important part of treatment and may lead to persistent tumor control. Even though the majority of children with PFE die from their tumor disease, some patients survive for more than 50 years with excellent functional outcome and working capacity.

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