South Region Early Intervention in Psychosis Programme

Psychosis is a common illness which can derail a person’s life trajectory leading to long term mental and physical disability. Evidence shows that the early identification and swift effective intervention leads to reduced pain to the individual and their family, better long term outcomes and lower costs to the health service and wider economy.

The Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) standard was introduced on 1st April 2016 to ensure:

1. A maximum wait of two weeks from referral to treatment;
2. Treatment delivered in accordance with NICE guidelines for psychosis and schizophrenia.

The Early Intervention in Psychosis standards have been summarised into Postcards

We have been supporting commissioners and providers towards achieving the standards.









Over the coming year, we will use our collective experience and expertise to achieve our key objective which is to:

Develop EIP services so that people with first episode psychosis are able to access NICE recommended treatments within 14 days of referral.


We are here to help

Our ambition is to hasten the readiness of the region to deliver the above new standard for first episode psychosis. Our programme combines professional and public engagement to enable development of the region’s Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services for better outcomes.

Our message is simple: treatment can be effective when it is evidence based – the earlier, the better.



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