Winterbourne Medicines Programme- Sep 10th 14

Dr. Vikram PalanisamyConsultant Psychiatrist and Specialty Clinical DirectorCheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Current Issues• Service Redesign

- Lead Nurses for Challenging Behaviour

• Pathway model– 4 pathways– Quality standards

• Early stages of Implementation of pathways

What do we want to achieve?

- Benchmark current practice

- Meet quality standards specified in CB pathway

- To prevent inappropriate use of medication to manage people with challenging behaviour.