Standing Committee for Psychologists in Health & Social Care

The Standing Committee for Psychologists in Health & Social Care (SCPHSC) has been set up to carry out the following objectives

• To identify issues relevant to the provision of psychological services and advise the Society of actions to take and policies to develop in light of these.
• To liaise with appropriate Society stakeholders in relation to psychology in health and social care.
• To provide advice to users and commissioners of psychological services.
• To provide a forum for discussion of DoH/NIMHE initiatives.

Documents.

Commissioning psychological care across physical and mental health pathways

Briefing Papers.

Topics Planned for 2008: Psychological Services in Prisons

Psychology and Prisons - Briefing paper on Psychology and Prisons.

Topics in 2007: CAMHS, Prisons, and Children's Services

Topics in 2006: Learning Disability, Social Inclusion, Personality Disorder, and Long terms Conditions

SI Briefing 20 10 06 - Briefing paper on Psychology and Social Inclusion.

NIMHE Briefing 20 01 06 - Briefing paper on Psychology and Learning Disabilities.

Briefing Long Term Conditions - Briefing paper on Psychology and Long-Term Conditions.

PD Briefing 21 07 06 - Briefing paper on Psychology and Personality Disorder.