A pioneering project, which integrates mental health care and policing on the Isle of Wight, has scooped 2 prestigious national healthcare awards and has been Highly Commended in a third category.
The Serenity Integrated Mentoring (SIM) project, run by Hampshire Constabulary and the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, and supported by Wessex Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), last night (Tuesday) won the Clinical Support Services and Mental Health HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards. It was also Highly Commended in the Workforce Efficiency category.
SIM – which previously won a Royally-endorsed national health award, and is one of this year’s NHS England National Innovation Accelator Fellows, was also shortlisted in the Managing Long Term Conditions category.
SIM is recognised as being effective at bringing together policing and healthcare skills to achieve a positive difference to the lives of mental health patients and their families.
