Clare McGartland

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Clare McGartland

• AHP Commissioner
• WHSSB
• 16th November 2006

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• N.H.S.S.B.

W.H.S.S.B.
E.H.S.S.B.
S.H.S.S.B.
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AHP REVIEW

• In-depth Service profile
• Stakeholder involvement
• Recommendations for each service
• Mixed levels of paranoia among Heads of Service
  
• Recommendation to appoint full time AHP
  Commissioner
• No investment in AHP services until Reform
  Modernisation

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How ?

• With velvet gloves/coffee/walking the floor
• Sign up from AHPs essential at all levels
• Team building- all grades, all professions

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OUTCOME

• Develop action plan to implement the
  recommendations
• Six Task groups
• Develop Corporacy/AHP Logo
• AHP Advisory Committee

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How ?

• Sign up from AHPs at all levels
• Change was welcomed
• Communication mechanisms were set up
• Then the learning curve began!!!!
• I learnt how to network
• I became repetitive nosey
• Look for the AHP slant in everything
• Do not make assumptions that planners know who
  you are or what you do Tell Them !!

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Where are AHPs Now?

• 50 on the road to Reform modernisation
• Desire for change from the ground up
• Redesign of key services
• Reduction in Waiting times through SIPs
• Investment 4,000, targeted at skill mix
• Community Rehabilitation Award

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Reform Modernisation agenda

• AHPs in WHSSB are almost there in meeting this
  agenda
• Service redesign / skill mix
• Patient centred services
• User involvement
• Evidence based practice
• Efficiency effectiveness
• Value for money

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IF YOU ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU ALWAYS DID YOU
ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU ALWAYS HAD
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clare.mcgartland_at_wh
ssb.n-i.nhs.uk Tel [phone]