Leeds Mental Health Lunchtime Forum

The Leeds Mental Health Lunchtime Forum is being held on Thursday 22nd January 2009, 12.00-1.00pm at Touchstone Support Centre, 53-55 Harehills Avenue LS8 4EX
The discussion topic will be:
Suicide Prevention
What is happening around suicide prevention in Leeds and what more needs to be done?
Analysis of an audit of suicides in Leeds – what do the statistics tell us?
Presented by: Mike Bush – Leeds mental health campaigner with a special interest in suicide prevention and Dr Sophie Egerton - Leeds PCT Public Health.
To join the mailing list for the forum please email info@imhleedsmind.org.uk

16 NEW PRACTITIONERS WITH SPECIAL INTERESTS FRAMEWORKS TO SUPPORT COMMISSIONERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.

NHS PCC held a national event in London last week to launch the 16 new
Practitioners with Special Interests Frameworks to support
commissioners and service providers. These frameworks were developed
by the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and the DH and will be
launched on the DH website shortly.

In the meantime, commissioning organisations were asked to review the
accreditation process for Practitioners with Special Interests as outlined in the DH Directions.
It is mandatory for all PCTs to have an accreditation process in place
and have accredited PwSIs by March 2009.

Further Information can be found here.

Practitioners with Special Interests - Specialty Frameworks

Of the 18 speciality frameworks, several are now in the final stages of development with sign off from the DH awaited. PCTs are now starting to formalise their accreditation processes and are being signposted to the document "Implementing care closer to home: Convenient quality care for patients - Part 3: The accreditation of GPs and Pharmacists with Special Interests". To find out more, click here. Two launch events (Leeds and London) for all of the frameworks are scheduled for September 2008, with the aim of getting all frameworks signed off by June 2008. In terms of accreditation (all Practitioners with Special Interests require accreditation by March 2009 in line with the published guidance)