Reflections on working with Q Lab Cymru in the first steps to developing a neuropsychiatry model for Wales

By Dr Seth A. Mensah, MB ChB MSc DPM MRCPsych, neuropsychiatrist with consultant responsibility for the Welsh Neuropsychiatry Service.  People who are supported by the Welsh Neuropsychiatry Service represent the most complex in behavioural, emotional and psychiatric need. As a specialist team of neuropsychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, therapists and support workers, our

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People with Learning disabilities and the Health Equalities Framework: COVID-19 recovery in Wales

By Adam Watkins, Senior Information Analyst & Bethany Kruger, Senior Improvement Manager COVID-19 and Health Inequalities (Part 1) Recently we were speaking with a colleague who was sharing her experiences of supporting a young man with a learning disability in the community. Prior to COVID-19, he had lived a good

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The importance of Annual Health Checks (AHC) for people with a learning disability.

By Paula Phillips, Senior Improvement Manager, Learning Disability Improvement Cymru. Over the past two years we have witnessed unprecedented demands on health services resulting in people having to get used to different ways of  accessing health care. In many instances, routine work needed postponing and physical access to Primary Care

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People with Learning Disability, the NICE Impact Report; Reflections from Improvement Cymru

By Dr Rachel Ann Jones, Learning Disability Programme Lead and Prof John Boulton, National Director of NHS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety/Director of Improvement Cymru. The recently published NICE Impact report on People with Learning Disability makes for difficult reading. On average people with learning disability will die at least

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How Improvement Cymru’s new integrated approach will support the improvement of cancer services in Wales

By Prof Tom Crosby OBE, Consultant Oncologist, National Cancer Clinical Director for Wales, Clinical Lead Transforming Cancer Services, Velindre Cancer Centre. I was delighted to see the launch of Improvement Cymru’s new strategy and programme ‘Safe Care Together’. This marks a new chapter in how Improvement Cymru work with organisational

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