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We will soon be carrying out a survey to find out what service users think about their care. This is part of a national programme to improve quality of care and service users’ experience.
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We urgently need your support to provide the best possible care for our patients and to support our staff particularly at this time of unprecedented pressure on the NHS.
We are a multidisciplinary national service providing treatment for the most severely ill patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) in the form of intensive homebased therapy, outpatient, and inpatient treatment.
We provide community-based treatment advice, support and joint working with CMHTs. We also provide information, education and consultation including at the primary care level and the voluntary sector for OCD and BDD. We accept patients with OCD/BDD and other neurotic conditions who have failed previous treatment elsewhere (including CBT in most cases). This service can accept referrals from GPs or any mental health care professional.
Exceptions to the above can be made in individual circumstance depending on severity and need of the individual patient.
Referrals for complex assessment and treatment may be made by the healthcare worker direct to the therapist or the service directly.
Referrals can be made by Primary and Secondary Care.
All referrals should contain:
Referrals of patients under section are not accepted. We are happy to assess once the patient is voluntary. This is to ensure that the patient is providing informed consent to undertake therapy.
Referral Criteria
Referral Form
Joint working with other healthcare professionals
Referrals for joint assessment and joint working, supervision and support may be made direct to the therapist or to the address above by Primary or Secondary Care Mental Health Teams.
The therapist will work with the CMHT or referrer to deliver therapy as part of the care plan.
We offer home-based therapy throughout England and inpatient treatment as the ONLY 24-hour staffed dedicated service. We accept referrals from throughout England for patients who have profound treatment refractory OCD or BDD. It is a service for patients who level 5 (funded by NHS England HSS). There are strict criteria to be accepted as a Nationally funded patient.
It is one of two services offered by the OCD/BDD service. The other is a local service for clients living in south west London.
The National OCD/BDD service is an enhanced community service offering intensive home-based treatment, liaison work with other teams and telephone monitoring advice for patients throughout the United Kingdom.
We combine behavioural and cognitive methods with state-of-the art psychopharmacological and other treatments where necessary. We liaise closely with specialists who work in the neurobiology and psychopharmacology of these disorders as well as with psychotherapists of various schools.
We have an experienced staff-base. Some staff have worked with these complex patients in our unit for 20 years. Our commitment to teaching and research, however, means that we have young enthusiastic professionals also joining the team which ensures we are continuously challenged to ensure our treatments are at the forefront of modern psychiatric and psychological treatment.
Each patient is fully assessed and has an individualised treatment programme. Progress is constantly monitored using questionnaires of known reliability and validity. Thus, any treatment which is not effective is discovered early and the reasons why this is the case are examined and treatment changed or modified.
Referrals of patients under section are not accepted. Once the section has expired or been rescinded then assessment will be conducted. This is to ensure the client is providing informed consent to undertake therapy.
The OCD/BDD service is unable to accept clients with a primary condition of acute psychosis, depression, anti-social behaviour, drug/alcohol dependency or current self-harm/suicidal/violent behaviour.
As the OCD/BDD service is a specialist service all referrals should derive from local community mental health teams (CMHTs) and will be ratified by a Consultant Psychiatrist.
Clients should have received the following prior to referral:
Allowance may be made in exceptional circumstances, such as:
NB. These exceptions will not be used to allow patients to gain entry to the National Service simply due to lack of organisation of local services. All CMHTs should have access, either locally or in a neighbouring Trust, to a clinical psychologist or other trained in CBT for OCD. Similarly some patients may prefer not to take medication but could do so and should be encouraged to do so before referral to the National Service.
All referrals will be expected to have a full risk assessment and description of ongoing Care Programme under the Care Programme Approach (CPA). The referrer will be expected to confirm commitment from the local CMHT (as far as possible) to collaborate with care plans drawn up by the National Service including to continue therapy and consolidate treatment gains during periods of home leave or following discharge from the Service.
Referrals of patients under section are not accepted. Once the section has expired or been rescinded then assessment will be conducted. This is to ensure the client is providing informed consent to undertake therapy.
The OCD/BDD service is unable to accept clients with a primary condition of acute psychosis, depression, anti-social behaviour, drug/alcohol dependency or current self-harm/suicidal/violent behaviour.
It is the referrers responsibility to notify the OCD/BDD service of any marked change in the clients condition once they have been assessed and are on the OCD/BDD service waiting list. The OCD/BDD service reserves the right to reassess if any significant change in a clients mental state occurs. Written referrals should come from a consultant psychiatrist and should include presenting problems, past psychiatric history, prior treatment, medication history, current care plan and the appropriate forms.
Basic Requirements Form
Inpatient admission requirements
Referrers Guide
Level 5 Pathway
The National OCD/BDD Service, affiliated with St George's University of London, is a nationally and internationally renowned treatment centre dealing with severe, complex and resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) , body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and hoarding. It is a service for patients who do NOT meet criteria for NHS England HSS funding.
If you are unsure of the suitability of a patient, we are always delighted to discuss the case with them and offer advice or specialist comprehensive assessments (subject to funding approval).
To be accepted for treatment, patients must be over 18 years and be at level 5 severity according to NICE guidelines.
Funding for this service should be sought from the local CCG.
All written referrals should come from a consultant psychiatrist and should include presenting problems, past psychiatric history, prior treatment, medication history, current care plan and the appropriate forms.
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Eating disorders are characterised by an abnormal attitude towards food that causes someone to change their eating habits and behaviour.
Someone with an eating disorder may focus excessively on their weight and shape, leading them to make unhealthy choices about food with damaging results to their health.
Our eating disorders service is a specialist outpatient service which provides assessment, treatment and monitoring for people aged 18 and over with conditions such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
Our multidisciplinary team provides assessment, advice, treatment and on-going support and some physical health monitoring alongside GPs where the person's eating disorder is severe enough to need more treatment or support than is available in Primary Care.
The day unit is a 5 day service for up to 10 male and female clients diagnosised with an eating disorder and who require a more intensive treatment programme. Treatment is offered via groups and individual sessions including community based activities to assist in transferring skills to your home and social environments.
A range of professionals work in the multi-disciplinary team including nurse, doctor, occupational therapist, psychotherapist, dietician and outreach workers. Length of stay varies depending on individual goals for treatment from 4 to 6 weeks to a year.
Avalon ward provides a highly specialist inpatient national service for adults between the ages of 18-65 years, both male and female, diagnosed with a severe eating disorder, mainly Anorexia Nervosa.
Wisteria ward is a 10 bed unit for young people between the ages of 11 and 18 throughout the country with severe eating disorders and weight loss related to mental health problems.
We offer training in Systemic Family and Couple Psychotherapy (also known as Family Therapy).
Years One and Two are accredited by the Association of Family Therapy (AFT) and are available as stand-alone courses. Successful completion allows students to apply for Masters Level training and registration as a Systemic Psychotherapist (Family Therapist).
The Foundation course is available as an evening programme. The courses are held at Prudence Skynner Family & Couple Therapy Clinic at Springfield University Hospital in Tooting, South West London. The course offers an opportunity to explore family systems and life-cycle transitions, to develop skills of engaging with and interviewing families, and to understand how therapeutic changes happen. Several therapeutic models are presented, including solution-focused and narrative approaches. The course enables participants to think about their place in the system in a reflexive way, and can be taken as a stand-alone course or as the first step towards the MSc.
The Intermediate course is run at the Prudence Skynner Family and Couple Therapy Clinic at Springfield. The course emphasises the use of systemic theory and practice in clinician’s day-to-day work with families and networks. The accrediting panel said the course was “excellent and provides high-quality teaching and context for learning. Participants gave very positive feedback on how they valued the course’s commitment to systemic work with families in the NHS, the flexibility and responsive of the teaching, and the diversity of teachers and students”.
Years Three and Four: MSc degree
Students who have completed years One and Two at the Prudence Skynner Family and Couple Therapy Clinic have the opportunity to apply for Masters in Systemic Family Psychotherapy at the Institute of Family Therapy, validated by University of Bedfordshire. Live clinical supervision can be undertaken at the Prudence Skynner Family and Couple Clinic.
Clinical Placements are also available at the Prudence Skynner Family and Couple Therapy Clinic.
For further information on family therapy training in the Trust, please contact:
For further information on Family Therapy training in the Trust, please contact:
HeleniAndreadi – Courses Director
Stefania Zanelli-Cook, Marcia Mills - Courses Administrators
Email: ftcourses@swlstg.nhs.uk
Tel: 020 3513 6195 or visit the Association for Family Therapy website
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