Jul 2023 - Dec 2023
The mapping exercise aimed to discover what new roles have been implemented in mental health services across the country.
It involved telephone interviews with heads of HR or workforce leads in all 51 English mental health Trusts.
Nov 2023 - Feb 2024
A stakeholder engagement exercise with 20 key informants including policymaker, Trust, clinical and service user input to test/refine a typology of skill-mix change in mental health services and generate logic models.
Feb 2024 - Feb 2025
Included 8 case studies across 4 Trusts, involving non-participant observation of teams where the new roles are implemented.
Case studies also involved semi-structured interviews of clinicians, managers and service users affected by the change.
Jan 2025 - May 2025
Integrated findings and involved cross-case analysis as well as dissemination activities.
Key emergent findings were shared throughout the project.
The leaflet shown below provides a summary of the project phases and communicates the aims of the project.