The LSEBN Psychosocial Forum is one of a number of advisory sub-groups to the LSEBN Operational Delivery Network Board. It is made up of psychosocial professionals from each of the LSEBN burn services who meet and consult with each other at least three times per year. The aim of the Forum is to provide expert, professional advice to the ODN Board on matters related to psycho-social care across the whole pathway of burn care and to raise issues relating to the psychosocial care of burn patients and their families both regionally and locally.

In addition members of the group contribute to national burn care matters and have been part of the development of policies and guidelines in the past. The objective of the Psychosocial Forum is to develop and deliver a project-based work programme, focussing on the need to constantly seek improvements in patient care and standards and to seek consistency in the delivery of care across the whole network. Membership is drawn from all professional groups within the psychosocial care team, including social workers, psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, psychological therapists and health play specialists from each of the designated burn care providers in the network, covering both adult and paediatric care.

The Psychosocial Forum Lead is currently Lisa Williams, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, based at Chelsea and Westminster Burns Service

Training

Psychosocial teams are involved in the training and education of their multidisciplinary team (MDT) colleagues in order to ensure that they provide good quality psychosocial care as part of their core professional duties, e.g. nursing, medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and dietetics. This training was originally developed in conjunction with Changing Faces and has undergone major revisions and updates in 2024 and 2025. There are separate adult and paediatric versions.

Different psychosocial teams deliver their training in different ways. Some offer full or half-day workshops, others provide single modules and there is also a self-study option available. Some teams also provide Refresher Training for those staff who completed their initial training more than a year ago. These tend to be based around case studies which highlight specific challenging or recurring issues seen in adult and paediatric services.

Burns Psychosocial Teaching Resources

Adult Psychosocial Training Manual (2024)

Screening

PTSD in Adults PCL-5

Paediatric Quality of Life - PedsQL

Working with Self Harm

NHS Support Pages for Self Harm

NICE Guidelines on Working with Self Harm

Leaflets

Coping with Stress of a Traumatic Incident (CWH)

Contacts

Chelsea & Westminster Burns Psychology Service