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Progressing the Bamford
Vision
Maureen McCartney
DHSSPS
Progressing the Bamford Vision
A 10-15 year process to modernise
services and legislation
Key messages accepted by NI Executive
Progressed through cross-Departmental
action
Action Plan 2009-2011 with funding
Additional £27m over three years – later
reduced to £17m
Cross-Departmental Working
 Key to the delivery of Bamford has been working in
partnership with other departments.
 Examples:
OFMDFM - Promoting Social Inclusion (PSI) of
people with disabilities
DE – Promoting Emotional Health and Wellbeing in
schools
DSD – housing needs through Supporting People
DEL – employment needs
DCAL - Health in Mind project
Bamford Action Plan 2009-11:
Evaluation
 Give assurance on what has been achieved
 Identify key learning from the experience of
implementing this Plan
 Inform plans for future work - new Plan from 2011
onwards
Progress to Date
 Assessment of progress across Departments (as of April 2011):
Key Areas – Mental Health Services
 Stepped Care Model
 Community-based teams
 Improving Access to Psychological
Therapies
 Ensuring access to Mental Health Services
for those leaving hospital or A&E departments
 Resettlement of long stay patients
 Meeting Specialist Needs
 Development of Mental Capacity Legislation
BMG Input
 Has the Action Plan had any impact on the lives
of people who are accessing the services?
 Looking to Bamford Monitoring Group to
contribute to evaluation
 BMG mental health focus this year on:
Cognitive behavioural therapy
7 day follow-up after hospital, and
Card Before You Leave
What happens next?
Need to:
continue to drive forward further work
required to “deliver the Bamford Vision”
consolidate on the work done to date
address priority areas identified by Bamford
Review not covered in earlier work
reflect learning from process so far
make effective use of the resources available
A further Action Plan?
 Will need
Support from HSC and other Departments
Support from service users and carers
 Funding/ redirection of funding
Ministerial and Executive approval
Timescales
 Evaluation of 2009-2011 Plan by Autumn 2011
 Post-2011 Action Plan by December 2011