Brief Intervention Pathway Evaluation
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Brief Intervention Pathway; a qualitative evaluation of a new brief treatment pathway provided by the Lancashire and South Cumbria Resilience Hub
IRAS ID
312278
Contact name
Kate Allsopp
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Background; The Resilience Hub is a mental health support service that was created to offer help to public sector workers who were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Resilience Hub provides a range of mental health support including psychological treatment within the service.
A new pathway has been created to provide short-term support, called the Brief Intervention Pathway (BIP). As part of this pathway, all Hub clients are offered six treatment sessions of 30-45 minutes. The majority of the staff delivering these sessions are qualified clinicians (psychologists and therapists) who typically deliver high intensity treatment. Therefore, clients within this pathway receive a brief but high intensity intervention compared to standard low intensity treatments. However, clients may be offered more structured psychotherapy following the completion of Brief Intervention sessions if this is deemed clinically necessary.
An example of the sessions include ‘understanding & managing trauma’ (based on the Lancashire Traumatic Stress Service Workbook) and ‘understanding me’ which aims to create a reflective and restorative action plan about the individual impact of the pandemic on clients.
Aims; The research will aim to understand both clients' and clinicians' experience of a new treatment pathway, as part of the Resilience Hub. It is important to learn how well the Brief Intervention Pathway is being implemented so we can ensure clients receive the most appropriate and effective support.
Methods; Qualitative interviews will be undertaken with clients who have received support and Hub staff who have provided sessions within the BIP. We will also invite clients who have disengaged from treatment in order to understand the reasons for this. Client interviews will cover areas including acceptability of the interventions they received, and whether clients felt they received enough sessions within the BIP. Hub staff interviews will focus on the implementation of the BIP. These interviews will allow us to understand if the BIP is fit-for-purpose and useful for clients, and how the BIP can be modified to suit the different needs of Hub clients.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2
REC reference
22/NS/0079
Date of REC Opinion
14 Jul 2022
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion