Latest News
You will find below a list of the latest news items regarding the RDCs and national programmes.
Mental Health Forum 2008
Corporate Development for a Business Environment
Keeping ahead of the pace of change – 10th September 2008, Manchester
Service Transformation and Innovation
Creating a positive service user experience – 11th September 2008, Manchester
With a wealth of reform taking place throughout mental health services, now is the time to take stock and strategise to maximise the potential of the changes ahead. Through two exciting conference days, Health Service Journal’s 4th annual Mental Health Forum will ensure you meet the challenges of a dynamic NHS and gain the necessary skills to truly meet service user needs.
10th & 11th September 2008, City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
www.hsj-mentalhealthforum.co.uk
Department of Health and the SHAs agree changes to the way CSIP works
The Department of Health and the SHAs have implemented changes to the way the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) works. From April 1 2008, the regional development centres (RDCs) will be hosted by the SHAs. CSIP will become a partnership of four national improvement programmes - the Social Care Programmes, NIHME, Children and Families, and Health Offender Partnerships - delivered regionally through eight RDCs. National co-ordination will be supported by a small central team - the national support office.
The national support office will take on a coordinating role in 2008/09 for DH funded commissions, although there will be maximum devolution of funds to individual RDCs to help implement social care policy and the objectives of the DH regional presence programme.
Further information: www.csip.org.uk/about-csip
Launch of the CSIP High Impact Changes for Health and Social Care
CSIP launched its High Impact Changes for Health and Social Care on 11th March 2008. They are designed to help achieve the seven positive outcomes for people using health and social care services set out in the White Paper Our health our care our say and further developed in Putting People First 2007.
Pandemic Flu: A national framework for responding to an influenza pandemic
The Department of Health and the Cabinet Office have published the first
cross-government cross-sector guidance on dealing with a with a flu
pandemic in the UK.
For more information, and to download all the documents please visit www.dh.gov.uk/pandemicflu
World Class Commissioning, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and the NHS Operating Framework
In the run up to Christmas the DH published important policy and
guidance notes on World Class Commissioning, Joint Strategic
Needs Assessment and the NHS Operating Framework. At the link
below you can find a Better Commissioning briefing note on each
of the publications that summarises the main themes and provides
a link to the full documents on the DH website.
Download the document...
Transforming Community Equipment & Wheelchair Services
Following CSED's extensive review of existing Community Equipment servicesin England, and our extensive consultation with all stakeholders, we are very pleased to send you a link to the new collaboratively designed conceptual model of service delivery at www.csed.csip.org.uk/ce.htmlThis collaboratively designed conceptual model puts community equipment users at the heart of services. Read more...