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Accreditation for
Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services (AIMS)
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Accreditation Scheme |
Accreditation for
Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services (AIMS)
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Corporate origins, affiliations, memberships |
Royal College of Psychiatrists’
Centre for Quality Improvement, working in partnership
with the British Psychological Society, the College of
Occupational Therapists and the Royal College of
Nursing. |
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Objectives |
To identify and accredit acute psychiatric wards that
have high standards of organisation and patient care,
and to enable others to achieve these. To support
ongoing improvement of wards in the United Kingdom and
Ireland. |
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Scope and focus of programme |
Working-age adult acute psychiatric inpatient wards. |
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Products and services |
A comprehensive and fully supported accreditation
process, incorporating self- and peer-review, resulting
in accreditation for wards which satisfactorily meet
AIMS standards. |
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Standards |
Standards have been drawn from authoritative sources to
ensure that wards are evaluated against accepted best
practice. These include: the Department of Health’s
Policy Implementation Guides (2002 & 2004); the findings
of the Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide
(2002); recommendations by NHS Estates (1996) and the
Royal College of Psychiatrists (1998) about ward design;
NICE guidance (e.g. NICE, 2005); the National Patient
Safety Agency’s ‘Safer Wards for Acute Psychiatry’
initiative; the Healthcare Commission-funded ‘National
Audit of Violence’, and; the National Institute for
Mental Health (England) ‘acute ward collaboratives’
programme. Standards are revised on an annual basis.
Standards are divided into four sections:
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General Standards
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Timely and Purposeful
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Safety
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Therapeutic Environment
Standards are further broken down into three Types:
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Type 1: failure to meet these standards would result
in a significant threat to patient safety, rights or
dignity and/or would breach the law;
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Type 2: standards that an accredited ward would be
expected to meet;
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Type 3: standards that an excellent ward should meet
or standards that are not the direct responsibility
of the ward.
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Web-site |
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/AIMS |
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Executive, Director, Management Council, etc., as
appropriate) has given permission for a link to be made
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