Perceived impact of formulating, implementing and enacting national mental health policies recommendations in practice: An exploratory qualitative study within child and adolescent mental health services in Scotland.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To understand the process of formulating, implementing and enacting national recommendations into practice, by exploring the interactions between government policymakers and national and local organisations supporting and delivering policy implementation within a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) context in Scotland.

Methods

Data collection involved 16 semi-structured individual and four focus group interviews with a purposeful sample of policymakers, national health and social care stakeholders and local outpatient and inpatient CAMHS teams representing three NHS health boards in Scotland.

Results

Study participants highlighted the challenges of navigating through evolving and often conflicting policy agendas, seen to not acknowledging the

SUBMITTER: Toma M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277320 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature