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Rcpsych Activities for Choose Psychiatry Encouraging Medical Students to Choose Psychiatry Issue 4 Summer 2018 RCPsych INSIGHT COLLEGE NEWS IN BRIEF Contents 04 RCPsych data analysis reveals fatal STEPHEN FRY SAYS ‘CHOOSE PSYCHIATRY’ delays to treat eating disorders Fry encourages medical President’s students to enter the profession The proportion of children with an eating 95% of children under the age of 19 with an disorder starting urgent treatment within one eating disorder should access NICE-approved week of referral remains far higher in London treatment within a week in urgent cases and update than the rest of the country. This was one of within four weeks for routine cases. the findings from our latest analysis of the NHS The story was covered by the national media, England Mental Health Five Year Forward with quotes from Professor Wendy Burn and Professor Wendy Burn View Dashboard. The figures showed that in Dr Louise Theodosiou arguing that if the start of London, 84% of urgent cases began treatment treatment is left for longer than a week, it could Welcome to this issue for an eating disorder within a week, but in the prove potentially fatal. They also highlighted the of Insight. This year has 06 north of England this was true in only 67% of urgent need to recruit more psychiatrists to tackle given us much to celebrate, cases. By 2020/21, NHS England have said that the lengthy waiting times that some patients face. INTERNATIONAL including the NHS’s 70th CONGRESS 2018 birthday and the centenary of women’s right to vote. Find out what’s on at the Find out what it’s like to be an SAS doctor on p14 big event of the year Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland campaign Take a look at Our NHS The Guardian Heroines – a piece which to end country’s mental health crisis investigation into the combines the two! 08 I love this edition’s front deaths of mental health patients cover. Stephen Fry has WORLDWIDE MENTAL been endlessly supportive HEALTH LEGISLATION The College has been the leading voice background to the tragic deaths was of our Choose Psychiatry How do mental health for clinicians in the recent debate about an underfunded and struggling mental preventable deaths in mental health trusts. health system. In a comment piece in The campaign. You can read policies shape up across about our recent event at the globe? An investigation by The Guardian found 271 Independent, she said that there were some highly vulnerable NHS mental health patients tragic cases where a death occurs, and which he enthralled medical had died over the last six years due to failings that the after-effects are felt by psychiatrists students as he talked about in their care. Patients were reported to be not for a long time. Psychiatry is a judgement how much psychiatry has 11 properly supervised despite being suicidal, call – and that is why consultants’ training, helped him. DRAMA IN THE EXAM ROOM discharged from inpatient care with inadequate expertise and knowledge are invaluable. Not long until Congress How actors with intellectual support, or did not receive the recommended The piece explained that accountability now and I’m following the disabilities are helping treatment. is important, but learning from serious speakers’ blogs on our Professor Wendy Burn said in The Guardian incidents is key. The College was clear that psychiatrists to pass their exams website with interest. Here that NHS mental health trusts were not doing a no-blame culture in the health service was enough to adopt changes that would prevent vital for suicide prevention strategies to be is why Professor Simon future loss of life – but made clear that the as effective as possible. Lovestone recommends a career in psychiatry: Sir Jerey Donaldson MP, Dr Gerry Lynch, Chair of RCPsych in NI, and Alastair Campbell in parliament “Because listening to people’s lives, hearing their Jeremy Corbyn uses RCPsych thoughts and stories, trying RCPsych in Northern Ireland took action on The event in parliament, also attended by to understand and to help the “worsening mental health crisis” in Northern RCPsych Fellow Alastair Campbell, was research in PMQs 14 Ireland earlier this year, travelling to London to publicised in the national media, highlighting is the most extraordinary THE SAS LIFE petition Westminster MPs and Government. the fact that more people have died by suicide For the first time ever, RCPsych research was journey and the best use of After a year without a devolved government in in 18 years of the peace process (4,400), raised by the leader of the opposition during all of those attributes and What’s it like to be an Belfast, Dr Gerry Lynch, Chair of RCPsych in than were killed during the 30 years of the Prime Minister’s Question Time. Labour motivations that made you SAS doctor? NI declared: “It is imperative that mental health Troubles (3,600). Leader, Jeremy Corbyn said: “Why does the want to be a doctor in the policy and service development doesn’t stagnate The delegation of mental health campaigners analysis by the Royal College of Psychiatrists first place.” 18 in the absence of a devolved administration. in Westminster called for release of the £50 show that mental health trusts have £105 I hope you enjoy this issue Given the underfunding of mental health care million funding for mental healthcare over five million less than they had six years ago?” which celebrates the journey OUR NHS HEROINES in Northern Ireland, new policies and reforms years, pledged last year under the DUP- He also raised our concerns about the falling he describes. A look at some of the leading must be driven forward as a matter of urgency.” Conservative deal. number of child and adolescent psychiatrists. Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party Leader women in mental health Editors: Hannah Perlin, Gemma Mulreany, Rebecca Couper and Kim Catcheside Design: Lee Braithwaite and Gemma Mulreany Want to contribute or offer feedback? Contributors/writers: Gabrielle Nathan and Sarah Chalmers Cover illustration: Martin Rowson Send in your suggestions to Photographers: Emily Long, Rachael Meyer, Paul Slater and Stanley Awuku Inside illustration: Kipper Williams [email protected] 2 Clinical Editor: Dr Tony Rao #RCPsychInsight 3 YOUR CAMPAIGN FEEDBACK NEWS Stephen Fry shows his support RCPsych Activities for Choose Psychiatry Encouraging Medical Students to Choose Psychiatry The College’s campaign to encourage medical students Student Associates are a form of • The Student Associate grade is a free • The Choose Psychiatry section to choose psychiatry achieved celebrity endorsement membership to the Royal College of membership grade giving access to great of our website gives comprehensive earlier this year. Psychiatrists, exclusive to medical benefits to support them to network, learn, careers information on what it’s like to be a students interested in a career in stay up to date and practise their skill. psychiatrist, how to train and more. psychiatry. Membership is free and offers benefits such as being invited to events • Psych Socs: We support student-run • We respond to individuals’ careers like these, and is part of a concerted Psych Socs in all UK medical schools by queries via email at [email protected] FEEDBACK effort by the College to harness the providing funding, literature and materials and by phone on 0203 701 2625. We also exceptional talent pool of students. and putting them in touch with local share information via social media Members can also get discounted rates psychiatrists and speakers. using #ChoosePsychiatry @Choose_Psych Gr8 mag. Quick read. Makes me # to the College’s International Congress, feel connected to the college + The National Student Psychiatry We support ad-hoc initiatives and the biggest psychiatry event in the UK • • psychiatrists in other specialties. Conference is held at a different medical activities encouraging recruitment into attended by psychiatrists worldwide, school each year helping medical students Well done! #RCPsychInsight psychiatry. Activities have included and subscription to our academic to find out more about the specialty. Tweeted by Dr Sabina Burza, supporting a local mentoring scheme and journals BJPsych, BJPsych Bulletin, and the PsychArt conference. Consultant psychiatrist in BJPsych Advances. • Pathfinder Fellowships, worth up to rehabilitation Other benefits include free access to a £5000 each, offer unique opportunities to • We promote and support Medical Student trainee module in psychiatry. support medical students over three years Psychotherapy Schemes and Balint groups. I’m writing to congratulate you on Fry, who has had a well-publicised in a critical time in their career decision Insight magazine – inspiring, well making process. Our annual conferences including struggle with mental health, cut straight • written and deftly laid out. It enthused to the chase, urging the audience to International Congress and #PsychMedEd me in my career and I hope it did • Careers events – we run careers provide students with an opportunity to ‘Choose Psychiatry’. events such as Psychiatry: Mind and the same for other psychiatrists. I “Physical health is important meet leading psychiatrists and present their also hope it has a wide circulation – Body in the 21st Century giving students own research. but nowhere near as exciting the opportunity to hear from inspirational beyond psychiatrists. as the science of cognition and speakers and learn about developments in • We campaign to improve the teaching of Dr Hugh Grant-Peterkin, consciousness,” he told them. psychiatry. psychiatry in medical schools. @MRCPsych And he urged the students at Barts
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