Case Study - Liaison Network

Independent report concludes that network members provide higher quality care

CCQI network found to promote good practice in liaison psychiatry settings

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death ‘Treat As One’ Report (2017) analysed the impact of CCQI liaison network membership on the quality of services.

The effect of having a liaison psychiatry team, and one which was PLAN accredited was evaluated. Good practice in the quality of mental healthcare was demonstrated in 40.8% (20/49) of cases from hospitals with no liaison psychiatry team; in 46.1% (97/210) of cases with non PLAN accredited liaison psychiatry team and in 59.8% (58/97) of hospitals with a PLAN accredited liaison psychiatry team. The data suggests that teams who had been accredited by the College were associated with delivering higher quality care.