"Applying Quality Improvement Science to Performance Challenges"
News/Resources
Latest News
National Learning Event in October - places going fast - please see link below for further information. http://www.shsceventsbookings.co.uk/event_399/information.php
September 09 - Summary of key actions Boards are taking to deliver the Dementia HEAT target produced please email Rachna.Dheer@scotland.gsi.gov.uk for information.
- Aug 09 - Newsletter produced - please email Rachna.Dheer@scotland.gsi.gov.uk for a copy.
- June 09 - Improvement Measures have been agreed for Dementia and Readmissions. Following consultation, further work is taking place around Depression Improvement Measures. Improvement Measures are a limited number of measures that look at improvements that support the delivery of the HEAT targets. Boards will start reporting on these monthly from July 2009 through their local Collaborative structures.
- May 2009 - Regional Learning Events took place across Scotland jointly with NES and NQIS. These events focused on delivering the dementia and depression HEAT targets, with a particular emphasis on how to engage primary care in this work. Copies of the presentations can be accessed on the Mental Health Collaborative Shared Space.
- May 2009 - Boards returned their self-assessment against the Improvement and Performance Support Framework. This Framework helps to provide an early indication of those Boards who may be at risk of not delivering the relevant targets. For more information on this, please contact Rachna.Dheer@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
- January 2009 Mental Health Collaborative Shared Space is now up and running, to register please go to http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk/SharedSpace/ist/Pages/login.aspx?ContainerID=143850&ret=http%3a%2f%2fwww.elib.scot.nhs.uk%2fSharedSpace%2fist%2fPages%2fIndex.aspx
- December 08 Dr Michael Smith appointed for 2 days a month as National Clinical Lead for Depression Workstream
- Mental Health Collaborative Diagnostic Toolkit produced. This Toolkit provides an overview of the work of the Mental Health Collaborative and gives practical ideas on how improvement methods can be used 'diagnose' the performance of the current system with relation to the HEAT targets. It also provides information on the key improvement methods. Please see link below to download.
Events
National Learning Event - 27 October 2009 - The Beardmore Hotel, Glasgow
Process Improvement Simulation - 18 November - The Beardmore Hotel, Glashow
Executive Sponsors Event - 26 November - Scottish Health Science Centre, Edinburgh
Publications & Links
Mental Health Collaborative Newsletter - August 2009
Mental Health Collaborative Quarterly Newsletter
Mental Health Collaborative Leaflet December 2008
Mental Health Collaborative Toolkits