Meaningful activities on the ward
Quality statement
People in hospital for mental health care can access meaningful and culturally appropriate activities 7 days a week, not restricted to 9am to 5pm.
Quality measure
Structure
Evidence of local arrangements to ensure that service users in hospital have access to meaningful and culturally appropriate activities 7 days a week, not restricted to 9am to 5pm.
Outcome
Evidence from experience surveys and feedback that service users in hospital feel they can access meaningful and culturally appropriate activities 7 days a week, not restricted to 9am to 5pm.
Description of what the quality statement means for each audience
Service providers ensure systems are in place for service users in hospital to access meaningful and culturally appropriate activities 7 days a week, not restricted to 9am to 5pm.
Mental healthcare professionals ensure service users in hospital have access to meaningful and culturally appropriate activities 7 days a week, not restricted to 9am to 5pm.
Commissioners ensure they commission services that provide service users in hospital with meaningful and culturally appropriate activities 7 days a week, not restricted to 9am to 5pm.
People in hospital for mental health care feel they can join in with a range of activities, including creative and leisure activities and exercise, 7 days a week and throughout the day and evenings.
Source clinical guideline references
Service user experience in adult mental health (NICE clinical guidance 136) recommendation 1.6.9.
Data source
Structure
Local data collection.
Outcome
Local data collection. Providers may be able to use questions contained within the national patient surveys available from NHS Surveys. The NHS mental health inpatient survey (Q31 and 32) contains questions on the provision of activities on the ward on weekdays and at the weekend.
Definitions
Meaningful and culturally appropriate activities should include creative and leisure activities, exercise, self-care and community access activities (where appropriate). Activities should be facilitated by appropriately trained health or social care professionals.
This page was last updated: 12 December 2011
- Service user experience in adult mental health
- Feeling optimistic about care
- Empathy, dignity and respect
- Shared decision-making and self-management
- Continuity of care
- Using views of service users to monitor and improve services
- Access to services
- Information and explanations
- Care planning
- Crisis planning
- Assessment in a crisis
- Inpatient shared decision-making
- Contact with staff on wards
- Meaningful activities on the ward
- Using control and restraint, and compulsory treatment
- Combating stigma
