DHSSPS looking for input on standards

The Department of Health, Social Services and Personal Safety is looking for your help to develop a set of standards for a range of health and social care services in Northern Ireland.

Event Date:

Wednesday 17 October 2007

Start Time:

9.00am

End Time:

5.00pm

Location:

Ramada Hotel- Belfast

Cost:

Free

Event Type:

Event

Work has commenced on a programme to develop a suite of service frameworks, which will set specific measurable outcome focused standards for a range of health and social care services in Northern Ireland.

We are currently working on developing frameworks for each of the initial five areas identified as regional priorities. These are:

Cardiovascular health and wellbeing;
Respiratory health and wellbeing;
Cancer prevention, treatment and care;
Mental health; and,
Learning disability.

Next stage

The next stage of the work programme is to identify further priority areas for service framework development. It will be important that all key stakeholders, including users and carers, and voluntary and community sector organisations, are provided with the opportunity to inform and influence the prioritisation process.

The workshop

In support of this we are please to invite you to a workshop on 17 October 2007 at the Ramada Hotel, Belfast. The workshop is an opportunity for you to influence decision making regarding the future development of service frameworks and your participation is important to us.

9.00 am - Registration and Coffee
9.30 am - Keynote address
10.00 am - Session One: Informing and Learning from Current Programme of Service Frameworks
12.30pm - Lunch
1.30 pm - Session Two: Future development of Service Frameworks
4.15 pm - Next steps