Psymplicity Healthcare

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• Overview
• Assessing needs
• Delivering evidence-based care and treatment
• How staff, teams and services work together
• Supporting people to live healthier lives
• Monitoring and improving outcomes
• Consent to care and treatment

We looked for evidence that people’s care, treatment and support achieved good outcomes and promoted a good quality of life, based on best available evidence. This is the first inspection for this service since its registration with CQC. This key question has been rated as good. This meant people’s outcomes were consistently good, and people’s feedback confirmed this.

Clinicians used structured assessment pathways and gathered information from multiple sources, including clinical interviews, rating scales, clinical histories and supporting evidence. Assessment findings informed diagnosis, treatment decisions and recommendations for ongoing support.

Records showed clinicians considered a range of information before reaching conclusions and applied recognised diagnostic approaches across neurodevelopmental pathways. Recommendations reflected individual needs and included treatment, psychological support, further assessment and onward referral where appropriate.

Clinicians worked collaboratively with General Practitioners (GPs), psychologists and external specialists where additional expertise or information was required to support care and treatment decisions. They also considered the wider impact of people's difficulties, including effects on education, employment, relationships and daily functioning.

However, assessment approaches were not fully consistent across all records reviewed. In one case, there was no evidence that a recognised diagnostic assessment tool or rating scale had been used. Arrangements for monitoring treatment outcomes and medicine side effects were also not fully standardised, and documentation relating to consent, capacity and competence was not always sufficiently detailed. This reduced assurance regarding the consistency of assessment, outcome monitoring and decision-making records across the service.

This service scored 67 (out of 100) for this area. Find out what we look at when we assess this area and How we calculate these scores.

People described assessments as thorough and said clinicians took time to understand their history, circumstances and presenting concerns before reaching conclusions. Several people reported that assessments explored difficulties that had not previously been recognised or fully explored, helping them better understand their needs and experiences.

Structured assessment pathways were in place for adults, children and young people accessing neurodevelopmental and mental health services. Clinicians gathered information through clinical interviews, questionnaires, rating scales, clinical histories and supporting evidence relevant to the person's presentation. Where appropriate, information from parents, carers and educational settings contributed to the assessment process.

Care and treatment records for 7 people showed assessments were informed by more than one source of information. Records included recognised Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnostic tools, rating scales and autism diagnostic tools. Documentation recorded the information considered, the findings reached and the basis for assessment outcomes.

The records reviewed showed clinicians considered information obtained through consultations, diagnostic tools, clinical observations and background history before reaching conclusions. In 1 case, an ADHD diagnosis was ruled out because the person did not meet the required diagnostic criteria, and alternative explanations for the person's presentation were considered.

However, assessment approaches were not fully consistent across all records reviewed. One record involving a young person diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder and panic attacks did not contain evidence that a recognised diagnostic assessment tool or rating scale had been used. The assessment outcome was based on clinical judgement. This reduced assurance that evidence-based assessment approaches were applied consistently across all pathways.

People told us clinicians explained diagnoses, treatment options and recommendations clearly. They described discussions that helped them understand why particular approaches had been recommended and reported having opportunities to ask questions before agreeing next steps.

Clinical decision-making reflected the information available for each person. Records showed clinicians considered presenting symptoms, assessment findings, relevant history and wider clinical information when making recommendations about care and treatment. Diagnoses and recommendations were aligned with recognised assessment approaches, evidence-based practice and standard clinical guidance.

Recommendations varied according to individual circumstances and included medical treatment, psychological support, onward referral and additional assessment where appropriate, demonstrating that care and treatment recommendations were based on individual clinical need.

People told us that information was shared appropriately between the professionals involved in their care and treatment. They described receiving clear information about assessment outcomes, treatment recommendations and follow-up arrangements and said they understood how different professionals contributed to their care.

The provider demonstrated collaborative working across professional groups involved in people's care. Information reviewed during the assessment identified 81 recorded psychology discussions or referrals between September 2025 and June 2026. Referrals covered a range of therapeutic needs including trauma-focused therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, family consultation, eating disorder support and interventions for neurodevelopmental conditions. This demonstrated that clinicians sought input from psychology colleagues when additional therapeutic expertise was required.

Clinicians also sought support from external specialists when physical health conditions or diagnostic uncertainties affected assessment or treatment decisions. Information reviewed during the assessment identified 10 specialist referrals between September 2025 and June 2026. Referral correspondence demonstrated that specialist input was used to support investigation of complex symptoms, assessment of treatment risks and management of co-existing physical health conditions.

Care and treatment records for 7 people included clinic letters, diagnostic reports and treatment recommendations being shared with other professionals involved in a person's care where appropriate. Records also showed ongoing communication with General Practitioners (GPs) regarding prescribing and treatment arrangements.

When medicines required additional monitoring or further clinical information was needed before treatment could continue, clinicians liaised with GPs to obtain relevant information and discuss monitoring requirements. Records included examples of communication relating to blood tests, prescribing decisions and ongoing treatment reviews.

However, leaders told us clinicians generally relied on informal discussions with senior colleagues rather than regular multidisciplinary team meetings. This limited opportunities for routine peer challenge, shared review of complex cases and collective learning across the clinical workforce. The provider had identified this as a development area and planned to introduce regular structured multidisciplinary meetings, but these arrangements were not yet established at the time of the assessment.

Care and treatment records for 7 people showed clinicians considered the wider impact of a person's difficulties when developing recommendations. This included the effect of symptoms on emotional wellbeing, relationships, education, employment and daily functioning. The resulting recommendations reflected the areas of life affected by the person's needs rather than focusing solely on diagnosis.

The records reviewed included examples where support needs were considered beyond the immediate purpose of the assessment. Where clinicians identified that a person's needs could not be fully addressed within the service, recommendations included referral to other services or additional sources of support.

The provider had not yet fully standardised how treatment outcomes and medicine side effects were monitored. Clinicians discussed progress with people and recorded observations during reviews, but formal outcome measures and structured side-effect monitoring tools were not routinely embedded across the service. This reduced the consistency with which treatment effectiveness could be measured and reviewed.

Some performance-monitoring arrangements also remained under development. The provider's audit programme identified outcome measures, waiting times and elements of prescribing oversight as areas where methodologies, reporting functions or benchmark standards were still being refined. As a result, assurance regarding these aspects of service performance remained limited.

Despite these concerns, leaders reviewed operational data, prescribing events, patient feedback, complaints and incidents to monitor service delivery. Audit work demonstrated ongoing review of key aspects of care and treatment, including prescribing practices, physical health monitoring, safeguarding activity and complaints handling during September 2025 to December 2025 and January 2026 to June 2026.

Documentation relating to consent, capacity and competence was not consistently recorded. Several records documented that a young person had capacity or had consented to assessment or treatment but did not clearly record how clinicians had reached those conclusions. In 1 record, an aunt attended an assessment alongside a young person and their parent, but the record did not show whether the young person had agreed to the additional family member being present. Records also did not consistently document verification of the identity of family members participating in assessments. These gaps reduced assurance that records clearly documented how decisions about consent and participation had been reached.

During the assessment, we discussed concerns regarding the recording of consent, capacity and competence with leaders. Following these discussions, the provider reviewed and updated relevant policies and guidance to strengthen expectations regarding documentation of consent, participation in assessments and decision-making processes. These changes had been implemented recently and there had not been sufficient time to assess their effectiveness.

Despite these recording concerns, care and treatment records for 7 people showed that clinicians routinely sought consent as part of assessment, treatment and information-sharing processes. Records also documented decisions regarding information sharing with professionals involved in a person's care, including occasions where people chose not to involve their GP.

People described being involved in decisions about their care and treatment. They reported receiving information about assessment findings, treatment options and recommendations in a way they could understand.