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Foreword
Rights, Relationships and Recovery, the report of the first national review of mental health nursing in Scotland was launched in April 2006 and marked a real turning point for the profession. It provided us with a vision for the future, grounded in legislative, policy and service development agendas and a map in the form of the 5-year delivery action plan of how to get there. It has been encouraging to see how widely the report has been welcomed and the extent of the commitment across Scotland to turning them into reality.
The past year has seen a great deal of activity and a lot of momentum, including the publication of Delivering for Mental Health which absorbed a lot of the issues and commitments within Rights, Relationships and Recovery. Mental health nurses across the country are embracing the agenda we set out and are working hard to deliver improved and new types of services which should lead to better outcomes, and importantly experiences, for those who use our services and their families and carers. We are enormously grateful for the efforts of those working both locally and regionally to achieve the action plan's objectives.
Each NHS Board has now established a local implementation group and some Boards are joining up to undertake work on a regional level. This, along with funding to support delivery that the Scottish Executive has made available, is helping all Boards to deliver results.
That said, it is important to keep the momentum going. The National Implementation Group ( NIG) is looking for positive ways of working with local and regional groups to support efforts in driving forward improvements. The national Group has been constructed to reflect those who were involved in the development of the review and we are keen to help in any way we can and a list of NIG members is included with this report for your information.
This report has been written by the group for Paul Martin, Chief Nursing Officer, and it captures the progress that has been made in the past year against the main themes and actions. It highlights and celebrates where we are making progress and where further focussing of efforts and support is needed. The report explores the common themes that are encouraging and challenging us and is deliberately short to keep it focused, readable and of interest.
We hope you will find it instructive and that it will stimulate further activity to help mental health nursing meet the challenges of the future. I commend this report to you and look forward to working with you and colleagues over the course of 2007/08 and beyond in delivering this agenda.
Eileen Moir - Chair of the National Implementation Group
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