Funded by: The NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (£1.7 Million)
About the Project
Around 60,000 people with mental health problems live in supported accommodation in England, typically receiving one of three types of support: residential care, supported housing or floating outreach. However, little is known about the quality, cost and effectiveness of these services.
Project Aims
- To deliver the first standardised quality assessment tool for supported accommodation.
- To compose a detailed description of supported accommodation services in England and those who use them.
- To provide evidence on clinical and cost-effectiveness of these services.
- To explore the feasibility of a trial to test the clinical and cost effectiveness of two models of supported housing.
Investigators
- Professor Helen Killaspy (Chief Investigator, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London)
- Professor Stefan Priebe (Centre for Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London)
- Professor Michael King (Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London)
- Professor Sandra Eldridge (Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London)
- Professor Paul McCrone (Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London)
- Professor Geoff Shepherd (Centre for Mental Health, University College London)
- Maurice Arbuthnott (North London Service User Research Forum, Division of Psychiatry, University College London)
- Professor Gerard Leavey (The Bamford Centre, Ulster University)
- Jake Eliot (National Housing Federation)
- Wendy Wallace (Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust)
- Professor Sarah Curtis (Institute of Hazard and Risk Research, Durham University)
- Sarah Dowling (Project Manager, QuEST Project, Division of Psychiatry, University College London)
- Isobel Harrison, Joanna Krotofil and Peter McPherson (Research Associates, QuEST Project, Division of Psychiatry, University College London)
- Sima Sandhu (Wolfson Institute of Preventative Medicine, Queen Mary University of London)
Publications
- Sandhu, S., Priebe, S., Leavey, G., Harrison, I., Krotofil, J., McPherson, P., Dowling, S., Arbuthnott, M., Curtis, S., King, M., Shepherd, G. & Killaspy, H. (2017). Intentions and experiences of effective practice in mental health specific supported accommodation services: a qualitative interview study. BMC Health Services Research, 17(471), 1-13.
- Killaspy, H., Priebe, S., Bremner, S., McCrone, P., Dowling, S., Harrison, I., Krotofil, J., McPherson, P., Sandhu, S., Arbuthnott, M., Curtis, S., Leavey, G., Shepherd, G., Eldridge, S. & King, M. (2016). Quality of life, autonomy, satisfaction, and costs associated with mental health supported accommodation services in England: a national survey, The Lancet Psychiatry, 3(12), 1129-1137.
- Killaspy, H., White, S., Dowling, S., Krotofil, J., McPherson, P., Sandhu, S., Arbuthnott, M., Curtis, S., Leavey, G., Priebe, S., Shepherd, G. & King, M. (2016). Adaptation of the Quality Indicator for Rehabilitative Care (QuIRC) for use in mental health supported accommodation services (QuIRC-SA), BMC Psychiatry, 16(101), 1-8.
- Sandhu, S., Killaspy, H., Krotofil, J., McPherson, P., Harrison, I., Dowling, S., Arbuthnott, M., Curtis, S., King, M., Leavey, G., Shepherd, G. & Priebe, S. (2016). Development and psychometric properties of the client’s assessment of treatment scale for supported accommodation (CAT-SA), BMC Psychiatry, 16(43), 1-9.