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NHS Citizen Gather
The NHS Citizen project recently ran a test of what it calls Gather, the middle part of the three-part system that’s being built to provide a way for citizens to bring issues directly to the attention of the NHS England … Continue reading
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Tagged dementia, happiness, IAPT, Medical blogs, mental health, NHS, NHS Citizen, NHS England
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Notes from a Board meeting
On March 31st I attended a meeting of the Board of the 2gether trust. All NHS foundation trusts are required to hold board meetings in public, although they are not public meetings in the sense that anyone can participate. Members … Continue reading
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Tagged diagnosis, governors, IAPT, Medical blogs, mental health, NHS, recovery
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Some IAPT data
It’s a while since I looked at the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). The latest available results for Gloucestershire and Herefordshire don’t give me any reason to jump … Continue reading
The Mental Health Act
This article sets out some thoughts about the Mental Health Act in relation to the 2gether Trust, the mental health trust for Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. I’ve had to limit some of my findings to Gloucestershire for lack of time. Although … Continue reading
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Tagged Care Quality Commission, CCG, community, County Council, CQC, crisis, emergency, hospital, IAPT, Medical blogs, mental health, NHS, psychiatry, public health, s136. Mental Health Act
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Children and Young People
On January 22nd I attended a stakeholder event to advertise the 2gether Trust’s Children and Young People Service (CYPS), which replaced the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in April 2011. Stakeholder, in this context, means anyone with any … Continue reading
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Tagged County Council, diagnosis, IAPT, Medical blogs, mental health, NHS, psychiatry, recovery, young people
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October 2012 Board meeting
On October 26th I attended a meeting of the Board of Directors of the 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, as a member of the public. The bundle of papers for the meeting was unusually slim, and there were unusually few directors … Continue reading
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Tagged Care Quality Commission, carers, CQC, diagnosis, HoNOS, hospital, IAPT, MECC, Medical blogs, mental health, MHA, NHS, substance misuse
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CCG Shadow Board – October
On October 18th I attended the meeting of the shadow Board of Clinical Commissioning Gloucestershire (CCG). The Board is operating in shadow form until April, when CCG will replace NHS Gloucestershire, the NHS primary care trust (PCT). These meetings are … Continue reading
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Tagged Care Quality Commission, carers, CCG, community, County Council, CQC, HealthWatch, IAPT, learning disability, LINk, Medical blogs, mental health, NHS, PCT, well-being, wellbeing
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Council of Governors
On October 11th I attended a meeting of the Council of Governors of 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucestershire’s mental health trust. Unusually, the Trust’s Chair and Chief Executive were not present. It was particularly disappointing the the Chair, Baroness Fritchie, … Continue reading
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Tagged consultation, hospital, IAPT, LINk, Medical blogs, mental health, NHS, PCT, well-being, wellbeing
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Perceived IAPT performance
After spending a long time working with the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme’s performance indicators, I still feel they don’t make it obvious how well IAPT performs. I have come to think that the reason for this is … Continue reading
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Tagged IAPT, LINk, Medical blogs, mental health, NHS, recovery, well-being, wellbeing
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CCG Shadow Board
On July 19th I went along to a meeting of the Clinical Commissioning Gloucestershire (CCG) shadow board, the second one I’ve been to. This time there were six of us public observers at the back, and this time I hadn’t … Continue reading
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A Greater Say 