PiC hospitals - the first UK hospitals to receive the RAID^® Centre of Excellence Award

PiC The Spinney and PiC Kemple View, 24 March 2011

 
Staff from The Spinney & Kemple View receive their RAID awards from Will Davies, Director, Association of Psychological Therapies (APT)

Partnerships in Care (PiC) is the first healthcare provider to get whole hospital recognition for the RAID^® Centre of Excellence Award from the Association of Psychological Therapies (APT).

PiC The Spinney and PiC Kemple View have received the award from APT for successful training and implementation of this highly respected approach to staff/patient interventions in secure care.

RAID^® (which stands for Reinforce Appropriate, Implode Disruptive) is a comprehensive approach which teaches staff a philosophy and practice not only to deal with challenging behaviour when it occurs, but also to prevent it by tackling it at source. It is widely recognised as the industry standard for setting and reinforcing positive behaviours.

On receiving the award, Kate Bailey, Head of Psychology, PiC North West said:

 “The RAID^® approach helps secure hospitals such as Kemple View and The Spinney achieve a relentlessly positive and empowering approach; this ties in well with the Recovery Model that Partnerships in Care embraces. At PiC hospitals, the focus on empowerment of patients as well as staff is key to ensure successful outcomes”

APT Director, Will Davies, said:

“PiC has earned the RAID^® award due to the high quality of its training. The positive feedback from staff and successful case studies prove that staff have clearly achieved successful implementation of this approach.

“We believe that if an organisation is teaching and implementing the RAID principles to the greatest extent possible, then they are worthy of being classified as a centre of excellence. Few providers in the UK have yet to achieve such impressive results.”

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Further information:

• For further information on Partnerships in Care, or any of its hospitals across England, Scotland and Wales, please contact:

• For further information on RAID, please visit: http://www.raid.co.uk/

Notes to Editors:

• Over 11,000 professionals have now been trained on the RAID course.
• The award was presented at a celebratory presentation morning at Arbury Court on Thursday 24 March, where case studies were presented by staff to show how this approach has helped patients we care for.
• The award is for a three year period.