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The Implementation of Video and Telephone Psychological Therapy for Adults Accessing Secondary NHS Community Mental Health Services A mixed-methods Evaluation to Understand What Works, for Whom and In What Circumstances

Hotham, Sarah, Osborne, James, Mikelyte, Rasa, Walker, Susie, Barnes, Abbie, Callis, Jerri, Cooper, Emma, Cowe, Richard, Dunleavy, Tara, Goodearl, Elizabeth, and others. (2021) The Implementation of Video and Telephone Psychological Therapy for Adults Accessing Secondary NHS Community Mental Health Services A mixed-methods Evaluation to Understand What Works, for Whom and In What Circumstances. Centre for Health Services Studies and Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, 68 pp. (KAR id:91257)

Abstract

Background

The urgent response to the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated many changes in the delivery of health services. One such change is the introduction of telemedicine (i.e. virtual consultations) at pace and in services that had previously relied on face-to-face interaction. NHS mental health services are at the forefront of this change, with the delivery of therapeutic interventions transitioning to virtual consultations rapidly. Healthcare innovation is rarely a simple linear process; accordingly, it is crucial evaluation approaches focus on how

contextual factors influence implementation success or failure. The discipline of implementation science provides this approach, defined as the scientific study of methods to promote the systematic uptake of research findings into routine practice.

Aim

The study used an implementation science to evaluate the implementation of virtual therapy consultations and assess impact on service user outcomes.

Item Type: Research report (external)
Uncontrolled keywords: Community Mental Health Service, psychological therapy
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies
Depositing User: Rasa Mikelyte
Date Deposited: 02 Nov 2021 10:48 UTC
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2023 14:29 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/91257 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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