The HoNOS65+ Implementation Group Training Consortium was launched on 1 September 1999. It consists of a group of multi-disciplinary trainers retained by the HoNOS65+ Implementation Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Research Unit to provide training in the use and implementation of HoNOS65+. A variety of training packages is now available. These packages may include training trainers∗ sessions, direct training of individual clinicians, organisational support and help in developing administrative and IT systems, depending on the specific organisational or individual training needs. For further information please contact the Project Manager, Jody Raab (telephone: 0181 690 5647; fax: 0181 333 3495; e-mail: [email protected]; web page: www.umds.ac.uk\psychiatry\soap\hig65.htm).