national association of psychiatric intensive care units

Welcome to the NAPICU 2024 Delegates Area

A huge thank you to all our delegates, speakers, and sponsors for making the NAPICU 2024 Conference a resounding success! We hope you made valuable connections, expanded your network, and left with new insights to share with your colleagues in your workplace. Your participation truly made this event memorable, and we look forward to welcoming you back next year.

This page is exclusive to delegates who attended the conference. Below, you will find presentations from speakers who have given NAPICU permission to share their materials. If a presentation is not listed, it may be because the speaker has chosen not to share that content.

Additionally, we have featured photos from the Gala Dinner and the conference. Please feel free to share these images and kindly tag NAPICU on social media.

Thank you once again, and we hope to see you in 2025!

Pre-Conference Training

Pre-Conference Training: Reducing Restrictive Practice in PICUs – Improving Patient Outcomes and Experience

We are thrilled to report that the pre-conference training event on Reducing Restrictive Practice in PICUs was a fantastic success! Led by Chris Dzikiti and Roland Dix, the session provided valuable insights and practical strategies to improve patient outcomes and experiences.

If you attended this training and have not yet provided your feedback, we kindly ask you to do so. Your input is important to us, and upon completion of your feedback, you will receive your certificate of attendance.

(Click here to provide feedback)

Thank you to all who participated. We look forward to seeing the positive impact of this training in your work!

Conference Day 1
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Dr Shubulade Smith – COMPASSIONATE AND RELATIONAL CARE – THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO MANAGE RISK, IMPROVE SAFETY AND REDUCE RESTRICTIVE PRACTICE

Mrs Vanessa Lee – CARING SAFELY: A CARER’S PERSPECTIVE ON PATIENT SAFETY & THE TRIANGLE OF CARE

Miss Elsie Chizana & Miss Charlotte Dodd – SAFE SPACES (Breakout Room)

Mrs Jules Haste & Dr Siobhan Gee – RAPID TRANQUILLISATION (Breakout Room)

Dr Celeste Foster & Dr Beryl Navti – CAMHS Network (Breakout Room)

Ms Becky Davies & Ms Stephanie Haig – OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SHOWCASE (Breakout Room)

Ms Lyndsey Summers & Ms Jade Reilly – A SERVICE EVALUATION TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INTERVENTION FOR PATIENTS IN A HIGH SECURE FORENSIC SETTING, USING THE APOM AS A STANDARDISED OUTCOME MEASURE

Dr Adejoke Abiodun – MONITORING OF PATIENTS ON ANTIPSYCHOTICS ON A PICU WARD

Dr Shantala, Mr Nathan Vasudaven & Ms Cheryl Lee – THE USE OF ZONAL OBSERVATIONS TO REDUCE RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES ON A MALE PICU

Conference Day 2
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Mr Geoff Brennan – SAFEWARDS, THE FIRST DECADE

Miss Courtney Greene & Miss Theoca MoodleySENSORY STRATEGY PILOT FOR REDUCING CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR- A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Miss Anne Webster, Mr Dave Branford, Ms Kirsten Peebles & David GillUNDERSTANDING THE USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S MENTAL HEALTH INPATIENT SERVICES.

Mr Doug Melia – “BEHIND THE SEAMS” – RESTRAINT RELATED DEATH INQUEST FINDINGS & FABRIC WRIST RESTRAINT PILOT

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