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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: regional Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit service specification
These principles and standards of care refer to Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit (IPCU) provision for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to be delivered within a clearly defined geographical area at regional level, with service configuration determined locally based on population.
Appendix 1: Scottish Government policies and programmes considered within this Service Specification – Intensive Psychiatric Care unit CAMHS Scotland.
Key Policy Drivers
This Specification should connect and align with other policies and frameworks together with relevant legislation. This includes but is not limited to:
Children and Young People
- Recommendations made by the Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing Joint Delivery Board
- The Promise Scotland
- Children, Young Peoples and Families Outcomes Framework
- Children's Services Planning Guidance (2020)
- Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)
- The National CAMHS Service Specification
- The National Neurodevelopmental Specification.
- National guidance for Child protection in Scotland
- Children’s (Scotland) Act 2020
Access and equalities
- Core mental health standards (2023)
- The Scoping review for Intensive Psychiatric care provision CAMHS.
- MWC report 2021 – Rise in number of young people admitted to adult beds for mental health treatment.
- National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021 - updated 2023
- UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 - part 2: statutory guidance
- Transition care plans
- Principles to transitions
Health and Social care
- The Scoping review for Intensive Psychiatric care provision CAMHS.
- Mental health and wellbeing strategy (2023)
- National minimum standards for Intensive psychiatric care for CYP
- Core mental health standards (2023)
- MWC report 2021 – Rise in number of young people admitted to adult beds for mental health treatment.
Justice
- The promise
- Criminal procedures (Scotland) Act 1995
Education
- Supporting Childrens learning – Statutory Guidance on the Education (Additional Support for Learning) Scotland Act 2004
- Education (Scotland) Act 1980
- Education of Children unable to attend school due to ill health
- Co-ordinated Support Plans
- Childs Plan
Mental health legislation
- Mental health law suspension of detention guidance
- Mental health care and treatment act (Scotland) 2003
Contact
Email: leon.young@gov.scot
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