The pathways aim to help services and communities respond to the needs of those people who are experiencing distress following the recent major incidents in London.

Following the recent major incidents in London, we have developed support pathways for staff across NHS systems. These have drawn heavily on the work undertaken in Manchester following the incident in May, and on London’s experts across the NHS, public health and from leading voluntary sector organisations.

The pathways aim to help services and communities respond to the needs of those people who are experiencing distress following the recent major incidents in London. The range of difficulties that may be experienced by people who are affected and the responses from services and the wider community that are most likely to be helpful are described.

London incident support pathway for adult victims: This document outlines the multiagency mental health care pathway for adults who were victims of the recent major incidents in London. The aim is to ensure that a clinically approved approach to provide the required support and treatment to adult victims following a major traumatic incident is applied across the system.

London incident support pathway for bereaved adults: ​This document outlines the multiagency mental health care pathway for adults who were bereaved by the recent major incidents in London. The aim is to ensure a clinically approved approach to provide the required support and treatment to adults bereaved as a result of recent major traumatic incidents is applied across the system.

London incident support pathway for adult witnesses: ​This document outlines the multiagency mental health care pathway for adults who witnessed the recent major incidents in London. The aim is to ensure that a clinically approved approach to provide the required support and treatment to adult witnesses following a major traumatic incident is applied across the system.

London incident support pathway for first responders: ​​This document outlines the multi-agency mental health care pathway for first responders who were involved in the recent major incidents in London. The aim is to ensure that a clinically approved approach to provide support and treatment to first responders following a major traumatic incident  is applied across the system.

London incident support pathway for children and young victims: This document outlines the multi-agency mental health care pathway for children and young people who were victims of the recent major incidents in London. The aim is to ensure that a clinically approved approach to provide the required support and treatment to young victims following a major traumatic incident is applied across the system.

London incident support pathway for bereaved children and young people:  This document outlines the multiagency mental health care pathway for children and young people who were bereaved by the recent major incidents in London. The aim is to ensure that a clinically approved approach to provide the required support and treatment to children and young people bereaved as a result of recent major traumatic incidents is applied across the system.

London incident support pathway for children and young​ witnesses: This document outlines the multiagency mental health care pathway for children and young people who witnessed the recent major incidents in London. The aim is to ensure that a clinically approved approach to provide the required support and treatment to children and young people who witnessed recent major traumatic incidents is applied across the system.

We are indebted to our mental health colleagues across Greater Manchester whose work in developing a systematic response to the attack in their city has provided the main structure to these pathways. They have been extremely generous in sharing their time, expertise and outputs and we would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to them. We are united in our desire to work together to support those affected by attacks on our cities.

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