| Spring 2011 Newsletter So far, 2011 has seen a lot of confirmed changes for the mental health sector. The Government’s Mental Health Strategy ‘No health without mental health’ confirmed that the NHS Outcomes Framework will be refined on an annual basis to make sure that the outcomes that matter to patients are included and that the indicators being used best capture those outcomes. The GP consortia will replace primary care trusts in commissioning most mental health services; secure mental health services is one part that will be commissioned directly by the new NHS Commissioning Board. The fundamental objective of the new Health and Social Care Bill currently working its way through parliament will have a major effect on the way all providers, including Partnerships in Care (PiC), will deliver their services in the years ahead. The new bill will open up the healthcare market to ‘any willing provider’ ensuring quality, outcomes and price drive the choice agenda. PiC is working hard to ensure it remains one of the leading providers of secure care through this period of change. |
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Standardisation across clinical processes During 2011, PiC has a programme to standardise all essential clinical processes and the documentation that goes with them across all hospitals. March has seen the launch of the first of these documents - the Referral Assessment Report and Pre-admission Care Plan. |
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Quality counts at PiC! We are proud of our key results and outcomes for 2010, which include:
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| Patient satisfaction survey In 2009 a decision was taken to replace current local arrangements for a PiC-wide service user satisfaction survey. The intention was to standardise practice across the group to generate the first corporate service user audit report… |
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News from the Units Focus on The Ayr Clinic - Over the last three years since the Ayr Clinic became part of the PiC group, it has come a long way in changing and… |
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