By Ian Dovaston, Senior Improvement Manager I thought that this blog should focus on Improvement Cymru’s visit to North Wales at the end of October. This three-day excursion was to really get to grips and understand how the All Wales Dementia Care Pathway of Standards is being put into action
Continue readingBy Nigel Hullah, Chair of Three Nations Dementia Working Group and Dementia Advocate In October, Nigel Hullah, Chair of Three Nations Dementia and dementia advocate, attended the Alzheimer Europe Annual Conference in Geneva. In Nigel’s own words, he discusses the importance of collaboration between organisations and listening to those with lived
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By Ian Dovaston, Senior Improvement Manager, Improvement Cymru This year’s Health Service Journal (HSJ) Patient Safety Congress and Awards take place in Manchester next week and Improvement Cymru has won three of the 10 categories in the poster competition. We are delighted to have won the category of ‘The patient voice’.
Continue readingBy Andrea Gray Mental Health Development Lead for Wales, Improvement Cymru Close working arrangements have often existed at a national leadership level in mental health, this has frequently been because of personal relationships that have grown and developed over time as well as a genuine commitment to wanting to support
Continue readingThe period between referral, assessment and being offered an intervention can be a very difficult and anxious time for those awaiting care and for their families. Last year, a collaborative of mental health professionals and third sector colleagues in Wales came together to see if they could find solutions to
Continue readingEarly Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services help young people with a first episode of psychosis in their recovery and to gain a good quality of life. A service user has blogged outlining their experience of psychosis, their positive experience of accessing their local EIP service as part of their recovery
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