Event Overview:

Join West Midlands and Yorkshire & Humber AHSNs to learn about a new campaign called Multicultural (MC-STOMP) initiated by Dr Hassan Mahmood, Consultant Psychiatrist who currently works at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC).

STOMP - stands for Stopping Overmedication of people with a Learning disability, Autism or both with psychotropic medicines. It is a national project supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I) involving many different organisations which are helping to stop the overuse of these medicines. STOMP is about helping people to stay well and have a good quality of life.

Further information about STOMP, which was launched in 2016 by NHSE, the RCN, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Royal College of GPs, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the British Psychological Society can be found here.

Multicultural (MC) STOMP - The STOMP messages articulated to us on the NHSE/I website appear simple when reading the text in English. However, in inner city Birmingham, the ethnic profile of some areas means that ethnic minorities are in the majority and many individuals in the community may not have English as their first language and have different cultural approaches to mental health. In Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, experience has shown that some people from ethnic minority backgrounds had:

• Difficulty reporting and recording challenging behaviour
• Engaged less with non-pharmacological strategies
• Wanted medication first-line for challenging behaviour
• Experienced Language barriers

This has led to a programme of work known as Multicultural STOMP. Some of the resources were developed with support from NHSE/I and appear on a new, locally developed STOMP website.

Join us on 10th February 2022 where we will share resources, experiences and inspire you to spread the campaign messages.

Key topics / Speakers will include:

• Dr Hassan Mahmood, Consultant Psychiatrist, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Caroline Maries-Tillot, Quality Improvement Lead, West Midlands Academic Health Science Network

By attending this event you will:

• Gain an understanding of Multicultural STOMP and the campaign messages.
• Gain access to resources to support the MDT, patients, carers, and families.
• Have an opportunity to share your experience of any barriers faced.
• Understand how this campaign can be developed locally to support your practice.
• Connect with stakeholders in your locality with similar interests in STOMP
• Have opportunity to express an interest to take part in a Quality Improvement project.

Who should attend? (bullet list of job titles / roles and sector)

• Psychiatrists, Community Nurses, Health Facilitation Nurses, Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists working in services that support people with Learning Disability and/or Autism
• General Practitioners
• Social Care providers that support people with Learning Disability and/or Autism.

Accessing the session

Registrants will receive a diary invitation with joining instructions at least 2 days ahead of the event. If you have not received your link by this point, please contact sarah.wootton@wmahsn.org.