Teams in a variety of Mental Health services engage in team formulation, particularly where team-based ways of working are important for care delivery. The presentations provide an opportunity to focus on some of the important issues to consider around team formulation, including ways to engage service users and carers meaningfully in the process, and some of the organisational factors impacting on how effectively teams can engage. There is a brief overview of the new ACP-UK guidance about team formulation and good practice principles.

You can find out more about the guidance and download a copy here

Presentations:

– A brief overview of the discussion paper, ethical dilemmas and good practice principles. Selma Ebrahim & Paul Sams

– Clinician and lived experience reflections on team formulation in Children and Young Peoples Services Sam Hartley & Expert by Experience

– Shared experiences of changing team formulation in inpatient and forensic services – a focus on inclusion and empowerment. Caroline Clare & Steven Graham?

– Adapting team formulation processes to enable meaningful involvement with people who have difficulties in engaging and understanding. Barry Ingham, Carolien Lamers & Lucy Piggin

– What impacts on the teams’ ability to engage with team formulation? Valentina Short 

– Reflections on values and focusing on formulation as a therapeutic process; learning from organisational experience  Lynne Howey