Webinar

Improving across the boundaries of mental health and A&E – learning and reflections

Hear reflections from our interface improvement programme, including insights on how to make improvement across the interface a success.
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General information

Time
29 April 2026 14:30 - 16:00 GMT
Audience
Open to all

Speakers

  • Accessibility description: A photo of Ian Callaghan, a white man with very short dark hair, a beard and large moustache, wearing glasses and smiling towards the camera.
    Ian Callaghan
    Lived Experience Programme Manager, Rethink Mental Illness
  • Accessibility description: A photo of Dr Mark Buchanan, a white man with short gray hair and a beard, smiling towards the camera, wearing a suit.
    Dr Mark Buchanan
    Emergency Medicine Consultant, Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Mary Docherty
    Dr Mary Docherty
    Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Between May 2025 and April 2026, our Interface Improvement Programme has supported teams working across 18 separate locations for acute care to understand what’s needed to improve services at the intersection between mental health and A&E.

Teams have been improving care for patients by developing solutions to local problems, a journey that will be continuing long-term as they finish the programme. Join us to hear reflections from some of our participants on the improvement work their teams have undertaken.

The session will celebrate achievements and feature guest speakers and programme ambassadors sharing advice and information on interface improvement with opportunities to ask questions, form connections and gain valuable insights.

The event is aimed at those wanting to carry out improvement initiatives of their own across the boundaries of mental health and emergency departments – clinicians, facilitators, national improvement leaders or those wanting to influence changes in healthcare – regulators, policy leads and ICBs.

Full details and the agenda will be published in due course but please do book your place early so you don’t miss out. For any questions please contact alex.stewart@nhsconfed.org.