Published on: 16th March 2015
The Trust’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team has been shortlisted in the mental health team category at this year’s British Medical Journal (BMJ) Improving Health Awards 2015, which will be held in London in May. Being shortlisted to one of a final six teams in their category is a remarkable achievement and raises the profile of our mental health recovery work with young people to a national level.
The team, led by Professor Sami Timimi, has been invited to British Medical Association House in London to deliver a presentation of their Outcome Orientated Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (OO-CAMHS) model in front of a panel of judges.
Professor Timimi and his team have for a long time been working on ways to enhance the recovery process for the young people in their care. OO-CAMHS incorporates what the evidence base says makes a different to patients outcomes. It uses patient feedback on outcome and alliance to help individualise treatment and prevent patients ‘getting stuck in the system’ with an intervention that is of no long term benefit, at the same time as ensuring that the patient’s opinions and choices are always respected.
Professor Timimi said: “It’s a great honour to be shortlisted for such a prestigious award, which are this country’s most important award in the medical world. It is testament to the hard, thoughtful and caring work the Lincoln CAMHS team have been engaged in.”
60 entries have been shortlisted in 12 categories for this year’s BMJ awards that recognise and celebrate the inspirational work done by doctors and their teams.
