Key contacts
Dr Nagore Penades, Consultant Psychiatrist and eHealth Clinical Lead for Mental Health, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Tracey McKee, Subject Specialist Librarian and Lead Knowledge Manager for MyPsych, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Senior Responsible Owner
Dr Una Graham, Deputy Medical Director, Mental Health and Addictions, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde/Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
Content has been checked for accessibility in line with the relevant RDS standard operating procedure.
Authorship
The content in this toolkit has been developed and reviewed by NHSGGC Mental Health clinical staff and colleagues working in mental health services across NHS Scotland, with reference to relevant National and International guidance as appropriate. The toolkit was approved by NHSGGC Mental Health Clinical Governance, and first published in October 2016.
Review and approval
All guidance has been reviewed and approved by the NHSGGC Mental Health-Prescribing Management Group, NHSGGC Mental Health Safer Use of Medicines Group, NHSGGC Mental Health Services Clinical Governance Group, NHSGGC Primary Care - Prescribing Management Group or ADTC Medicines Utilisation Sub-committee as appropriate.
Guidance is considered for regular update on a schedule set by the above groups and all such updates will then go through the appropriate review and approval process.
Any updates to guidelines will be based on a review of the literature published since the last update, including relevant National and International guidance.
Non-guideline content is reviewed on an annual basis. Any minor updates to content brought to the attention of the MyPsych App Editorial Group will be dealt with on an "as needed basis".
Content updates on the Right Decision Platform will be carried out by the MyPsych Editorial Group.
RDS automated alerts when review is due will be sent to the guideline reviewer or the MyPsych Editorial Group.
NHSGGC Clinical guidelines are developed by NHSGGC clinicians with the support of clinical governance. The clinical guideline framework sets out how NHSGGC develops, reviews, approves and monitors clinical guidelines. If a guideline on the clinical guideline platform is past its review date, it is currently undergoing the review process as per the clinical guideline framework.
All guidelines authors have ensured that permission has been granted for the re-use of tools and measures, diagrams or images produced by external sources.
NHS Digital sub-licence obtained for NHSGGC for the Glasgow Anti-psychotic Side effect Scale (GASS) –NHSGGC users are prompted to contact Knowledge Services to obtain this.
Tile icons sourced and edited from Flaticon. The RDS use of Flaticon images is covered by the licence paid by Tactuum as software provider of the RDS platform.
The guidelines included in this toolkit are based on a review of the relevant literature, including National and International guidance, combined with expert consensus and assessment of suitability for the Scottish healthcare context and acceptability to the patient population in Scotland.
Additional content and links sourced from colleagues across NHS Scotland and approved by the MyPsych Editorial Group.
We encourage users of this toolkit to use our contact form to highlight any feedback or complaints.
Responses are monitored by the Key Contact & Knowledge Manager as named above and taken to the MyPsych Editorial Group for discussion and action.
Any messages received through the generic RDS Feedback form will also be forwarded to the Knowledge Manager for the toolkit and passed on as appropriate.
For guidance, the guideline authors and the MyPsych Editorial Group will acknowledge the feedback promptly and endeavour to address it in a timely manner. If a guideline requires significant amendments, the appropriate governance group will assess whether it should be withdrawn awaiting update or can remain on the site with an appropriate statement.
The toolkit has been risk assessed, and mitigations put in place where required.
The toolkit was user tested by NHSGGC staff prior to publication, and further user engagement will be undertaken as part of ongoing development work.
Please contact us with any questions or feedback.
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, legally known as Greater Glasgow Health Board (the “Board”) provides the MyPsych app/website to help the people it serves across West of Scotland and across 6 health boards. Each individual participating organisation which contributes resources to the App/Website has sole responsibility for the information created or published by them. Any information appearing on the App/Website is issued as general information, is not warranted by the Board, nor should it be taken as advice. No responsibility can be accepted by the Board or any other organisation for action or inaction as a result of information contained on the App/Website. Users should take advice from health and care professionals in respect of specific situations. The use and access of pages of the App/Website is subject to the terms and conditions set out below and by this disclaimer. By using or accessing the App/Website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
Re-use of content from the clinical guideline platform for any purpose outside of NHSGGC is strictly prohibited this includes but is not limited to re-use/ upload on any website other than the Right Decision Service without a grant of permission from NHSGGC.
Links to other Websites and applications
The provision on the App/Website of a link to another website or application does not constitute any authorisation to access material held at that location. Links to sites are provided for informational purposes only and no responsibility is accepted for the quality of resources to be found on such websites. The contents and material made available on linked sites are completely out with the Board’s control and as such no liability is accepted for any loss or damage resulting from accessing or failing to access these sites. No endorsement is expressed or implied by the presence of a link on the App/Website. The contents of a linked-to website may change without the Board’s knowledge and as a result, links may break or may terminate on pages which were not the original targets of a link. No responsibility or liability for the privacy of personal information is accepted for linked to websites, as these are beyond the Board’s control.
The resources contained on the App/Website, including all files that are authorised for public and password-protected download or access, are provided on an “as is” basis and without any warranties. No warranty is given that files downloaded or accessed from the App/Website are free of computer viruses. No warranties are made as to fitness for purpose, quality or completeness of information. The App/Website excludes any liability for any errors in or omissions in information provided on or linked to from the App/Website.
The Board uses reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of information on the App/Website in accordance with the policies defined for the App/Website . However, no guarantees are made that the information contained on the App/Website or associated, or linked to websites is accurate, complete and current at any given time. Information presented on the App/Website or associated sites may be changed at any time. The resources made available on the App/Website are intended to assist and support people to best manage their mental health and related needs. The App/Website is not intended in any way to replace the advice of health and care professionals. Nothing on the App/Website is intended to constitute advice. Specific advice should be sought in specific situations from a properly qualified health or care professional. Content on the App/Website is governed by a number of policies and guidelines. Users of the App/Website should inform the web team using the Feedback form if they should come across any material contained which they consider to be potentially in breach of any of the published Scottish Government or NHS Scotland policies or of any relevant legislation in order for the appropriate remedial action to be taken.
Although the App/Website has been tested and should work correctly under normal circumstance, there are many factors both within and outside of the control of the Board which may prevent the App/Website from being available to users of the world-wide-web. No responsibility is accepted by the Board for any losses that may arise from an inability to access resources on the App/Website. Where a user finds a specific error in the coding of a web page, or where they consider a page to be in breach of accessibility or other published policies of the App/Website, the user should notify the web team via the feedback form in order that appropriate action may be taken.
The terms and conditions of use of the App/Website shall be governed by the laws of Scotland.
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