Insights from RCPsychiS Child & Adolescent Faculty AGM Report

RCPsychiS in Scotland Child and Adolescent Faculty AGM November 25th2020 Chair s report Elaine.Lockhart@ggc.scot.nhs.uk @DrElaineLockha1

Its been a bit of a year Started well; National CAMHS specification just published First meeting of the ADHD guideline January Executive meeting in February with new members Funding approved for Choose Psychiatry Scotland campaign Money about to be released for community children and young people s mental health and wellbeing

Impact of Covid - 19 Children, young people and families the most vulnerable hardest hit by Covid, the lockdown, financial impact Services - changed how we work within a couple of weeks, change to remote working, RAG categorisation of patients, use of digital technology, drop in referrals, now seeing impact of lockdown with closure of schools and loss of support and then school return Colleagues differential impact of Covid 19 on BAME colleagues, some needing to shield or living with others who do, high levels of anxiety, need to isolate, get Covid test . Everything at Scot Gov reorganised and refocused

Some helpful developments Scot Gov funding released; Aye Feel online on the Young Scot website NHS 24 mental health hub now 24/7, access to different levels of input from mental health clinicians including Distress Brief Intervention for 16+ Steering group for DBI for 14 and 15 year olds, pilot in Lanarkshire and Grampian due to start in January involving 4 schools and CAMHS Solihull parenting available online free, code; TARTAN

Whats happening at RCPsychiS All staff are working from home and have been very busy. New Policy Officer, Aidan Reid responding to consultations, the review of Mental Health legislation, evidence to Parliamentary committees, development of policy including the new campaign What good look likes and the manifesto for the 2021 election. Media enquiries lots of interviews with newspapers, radio, Choose Psychiatry in Scotland campaign ongoing Webinar on the impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable children with colleagues from RCPCH, Young Scot, Ed Psych, Parent advocacy and LD CAMHS

RCPsych Faculty Support for work during Covid 19; Online CPD, Exec meetings on MS Teams, Report on the impact of Covid-19 on BAME colleagues and risk assessment, Revision of Building and Sustaining Specialist CAMHS Recruitment and retention GMC new curriculum Faculty report on the impact of social media use on children and young people Election for Chair and Vice-Chair; voting mid December mid January

Our Executive and current work Scot Gov work picked up work; Specialist CAMHS, to be used locally with focus on resource needed Neurodevelopmental services, draft now for circulation New focus on performance of Health Boards ? Future for CYP s Mental Health and Wellbeing Programme Board ADHD guideline, should be out for consultation by the end of 2020 ?More funding coming ( 500m for UK) Manifesto asks include 1% health spend on CAMHS, transitions to be funded, focus on CYP with disability

Our Executive and current work Focus on psychiatry workforce, ?run through training Mentoring for new consultants National secure adolescent in-patient service Learning Disability in-patient services Development of national/regional clinical networks Mental Welfare Commission report 2 service users appointed to work with us Development of NES training across the children s workforce Review of Mental Health legislation

Whats going to be big in 2021 CAMHS service specification basis for local, regional and national discussions Community services mental health and well-being bids, should be involving CAMHS, need for engagement locally Funding may get some non-recurring money as well as working up how to meet the service specification Workforce: addressing current and future gaps and service developments #BLM - antiracist profession and services Sustainable CAMHS and judicious use of technology