Service development

• Care Quality Commission – ‘ensuring national standards in England’
• Centre for Mental Health – ‘to inspire hope, opportunity and a fair chance in life for people of all ages with or at risk of mental ill health’
• Mental Health in Higher Education Hub – ‘to increase networking and the sharing of approaches to learning and teaching about mental health’
• National Audit of Violence – ‘standards for inpatient mental health services’
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) – ‘providing guidance to ensure quality and value for money’
• Safewards – ‘targeted interventions to reduce conflict and containment on acute mental health wards’
• Star Wards – ‘inspiring inpatient care’
• Successful Team Engagement in inpatient Psychiatric Services (STEPS) – ‘downloadable guide’
• Wardipedia – ‘an online, collaborative compendium of mental health inpatient care good practice’

Environmental improvement

• Enhancing the Healing Environment – ‘enabling nurse-led teams working in partnership with patients to improve the environment in which they deliver care’
• Laying the Foundations for Better Acute Mental Healthcare – ‘how services and buildings can be organised and designed to facilitate desired outcomes’
• Music in Hospitals – ‘a registered charity whose mission is to improve the quality of life of people with illness and disability through the benefits of live music’
• Paintings in Hospitals – ‘a charity using art and creativity to improve the well being of people with illness, addiction, autism and disability’

Service user and carer resources

• Carers UK – ‘providing information and advice about caring, alongside practical and emotional support for carers’
• Mental Health Foundation – ‘committed to reducing the suffering caused by mental ill health’
• Mental Health and Debt 2014 – ‘information, guidance and support from Money Saving Expert.com on managing finances’
• MIND – ‘making sure anyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support’
• Time to Change – ‘England’s largest programme to challenge mental health stigma and discrimination’
• Rethink – ‘leading the way to a better quality of life for everyone affected by severe mental illness’
• MyTutor – ‘supporting students with mental health issues’

NHS resources

• Department of Health – ‘strategic leadership for public health, the NHS and social care in England’
• Hand Hygiene – ‘NPSA training video’
• National Patient Safety Agency Mental Health Pages – ‘guidance for NHS organisations and healthcare staff’
• NHS Business Services Authority – ‘supporting, supplying and protecting the NHS’
• NHS Choices – ‘the online front door to the NHS’
• Resuscitation in Mental Health and Learning Disability Settings – ‘the NPSA rapid response report’

Professional regulators, training bodies and unions

• British Association of Art Therapists – ‘professional organisation for art therapists in the UK’
• British Association of Occupational Therapists – ‘committed to promoting the value and benefits of occupational therapy’
• British Pharmacological Society – ‘professional association for pharmacologists in the UK’
• British Psychological Society – ‘developing, promoting and applying psychology for the public good’
• College of Mental Health Pharmacy – ‘aims to ensure the best treatment with medicines for people with mental health needs’
• Health and Care Professions Council – ‘regulatory body for art therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists and podiatrists, clinical scientists, dietitians, hearing aid dispensers, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, practitioner psychologists, prosthetists and orthotists, radiographers, social workers in England and speech and language therapists’
• Mental Health Nurses Association – ‘part of the Unite union’
• Nursing and Midwifery Council – ‘the nursing and midwifery regulator for England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Islands’
• Royal College of Nursing – ‘represents nurses and nursing, promotes excellence in practice and shapes health policies’
• Royal College of Psychiatrists – ‘the professional body for education, training, setting and raising standards in psychiatry’
• UNISON – ‘Europe’s largest public sector union’

Related groups

• American Association for Emergency Psychiatry – ‘the American voice of emergency mental health for directors of psychiatric emergency services, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, psychologists, physician assistants, educators and others’