Social Care, Local Government

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Social Care, Local Government Care Partnerships
Directorate setting the direction for adult
social care mental health services health
services for offenders and taking the lead in
developing DHs relationship with local and
regional government.
David Behan Director-General, Social Care,
Local Government Care Partnerships
John Bolton Director, Strategic Finance (From
January 2008)
Dr. Savas Hadjipavlou Director of Health
Offender Partnerships
Peter Horn National Director, DH Regional
Presence Programme
Glen Mason Director, Social Care Leadership
Performance
Craig Muir Director, Social Care Policy
Innovation
Professor Louis Appleby National Director
for Mental Health
Nicola Smith Co-National Director for Learning
Disabilities
Rob Greig Co-National Director for Learning
Disabilities
Professor Ian Philp National Director for Older
Peoples Services
Richard Bradshaw Head of Offender Health
Kathryn Tyson Mental Health
Alexandra Norrish Social Care Strategy
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Social Care, Local Government Care Partnerships
Directorate functions programmes.

• Strategic Finance (John Bolton from January 2008)
• 1. Improving adult social care productivity and
  efficiency.
• Health and Offender Partnerships (Dr. Savas
  Hadjipavlou)
• 2. Improving the quality of health services for
  offenders, including those in prison.
• DH Regional Presence Programme (Peter Horn)
• 3. Service improvement and policy implementation
  support to health and social care communities.
• Social Care Leadership Performance (Glen Mason)
• Strengthening the adult social care performance
  framework increasing the capacity and capability
  of the workforce enhancing leadership and
  providing a local government perspective in the
  Department.
• Leading delivery of the Departments regional
  presence programme (not including SHAs).
• Social Care Policy Innovation (Craig Muir)
• Developing policies that provide individuals
  greater choice, control and personalisation of
  services including direct payments, individual
  budgets and partnerships for older people pilots
  (POPPs).
• Enabling people to live as independently as
  possible, through commissioning and service
  development.
• Policy on supporting carers learning
  disabilities, including the valuing people
  programme dignity in care and older peoples
  services, including the dementia strategy
  (covering both social care and the NHS).
• Social Care Strategy (Alexandra Norrish)
• Developing a future strategy for adult social
  care.
• Leading development of the Green Paper on
  long-term reform of the care and support system.
• Mental Health (Kathryn Tyson)
• Improving adult mental health services.
• Delivering improved access to psychological
  therapies.