Introduction to the National Early Intervention Programme
The National Early Intervention Programme (NEIP) was jointly funded by Rethink and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMHE).
This was a three year partnership initiative building on a history of ten years collaborative working on Early Intervention facilitated by IRIS (Initiative to Reduce the Impact of Schizophrenia).
The programme was launched in September 2004, to support the development of the many new Early Intervention in Psychosis services envisaged by mental health policy (NHS Plan 2000) and supported by the Mental Health Policy Implementation Guide 2001 and the Department of Health Early Intervention Recovery Plan (February 2006).
