Projects
Here are some examples of recent projects.
Healthcare Strategy
- Promoting strategy development and implementation for Child and Adolescent
Mental Health Services in Wolverhampton
- Health and Social Care Baseline Needs Analysis in area of high social
deprivation for Wolverhampton New Deal for Communities and Wolverhampton
Drug Action Team
- Report on likely Information Requirements of Care Trusts for a major
NHS IT Supplier.
- Advice on the impact of PCGs and PCTs on community pharmacy for a the
leading UK pharmaceutical distributor Gehe UK (AAH Pharmaceuticals and
Lloyds Pharmacy)
- Report on Information Requirements to support Clinical Governance and
the Performance Assessment Framework in the NHS for a major NHS IT Supplier.
- Production of the Joint Investment Plan for mental health for Woverhampton
Health Authority and Wolverhampton Social Services Department.
- Advice to a market participant with regard to the future impact of technology
in community pharmacy in the context of an investigation on competition
in the market by the Office of Fair Trading.
- Service development support to HM prison service regarding mental health
services for the National Institute of Mental Health in England
- Review of clinical psychology services for Worcestershire Community NHS
Trust.
- National review of continence services for the Association for Continence
Advice.
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Healthcare Informatics
- Strategic consultancy on the Electronic Transmission of Prescriptions for
Lloydspharmacy.
- Evaluation of a US ambulatory care system for the UK primary care market
on behalf of a major US Informatics supplier
- Briefing for the senior management teams of a number of major pharmaceutical
manufacturers.
- Briefing on development in UK healthcare informatics for a number of major
health informatics companies
- The development of national standards and pilot for the Electronic Transmission
of Prescriptions between Community Pharmacy and General Practice for TransScript
(Part of GEHE UK - Europe's largest pharmaceutical distributor and the UK's
largest Pharmacy contractor
- Work on the business requirements for the electronic transmission of prescriptions
for a major IT supplier.
- Preparation of a bid submission to the Medical Research Council for a bid
under the eScience Programme for the University of Central Lancashire
- A Dept. of Health funded project to develop a quality methodology using
primary care information systems to support Coronary Heart Disease National
Service Framework.
- Organisation of a week long familiarisation visit to a sample of UK hospitals
for a US manufacturer of automated drug dispensing and administration systems.
- Development of a contractual framework, supplier negotiation and development
of associated business processes to allow GP IT suppliers to provide training
on the DoH funded PRODIGY prescribing decision support system to their users.
- Scoping study on GP computer systems Requirements for Accreditation (RFA
2001) for the NHS Information Authority.
- Review of opportunities for a major US pharmacy automation supplier in
the UK.
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Management Support
- Development and evaluation of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
and Development of a Community Service for South Birmingham Mental Health
Trust.
- Review of methods and impact of external and internal communications of
the South Birmingham Psychology Services.
- Community resettlement of people with learning disabilities and assessment
of needs for South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust.
- Investigation and compilation of report regarding alleged professional
misconduct for an NHS Community Trust
- Development of a pro forma for personal portfolios for continuing professional
development of clinical psychologists and review of their continuing professional
development needs for South Birmingham Psychology Service.
- Provision of management training and advice to clinical psychology service
for South Warwickshire Mental Health Services.
- Analysis and review of multi-agency child and adolescent placements out-of-City
for Wolverhampton Health Authority and Wolverhampton Social Services Department.
- Review of Care Programme Approach for Northampton Health Care NHS Trust.
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Mental Health
- Review of options for cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy training for
psychiatrists and other mental health professionals in Birmingham
- Development and delivery of a team development day and provision of plenary
report for Solihull Healthcare NHS Trust.
- Development and delivery of a team development day and plenary report for
Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
- Evaluation of multi-disciplinary team function and facilitation of “away
days” to address the issues identified for Coventry Health Care NHS
Trust.
- Advice on provision of psychological services to HM Prison service.
- Acting as the lead of the Women's Programme for NIMHE West Midlands.
- Development and evaluation of treatment /intervention approaches for self-harm
for HM Prison Service.
- The development of a mental health commissioning strategy in the context
of the new National Service Framework for Wolverhampton Health Authority
and Wolverhampton Social Services Department.
- To co-ordinate review and revision of mental health strategy for Dudley
on behalf of Dudley Mental Health Board.
- Development and delivery of a training course "New Perspectives on
Personality Disorder"
- Review and service development proposals for provision of primary care
psychology service in Bromsgrove
- Provision of regular counselling and de-briefing sessions for staff delivering
Sex Offender Treatment Programmes for HMP Blakenhurst.
- Survey of psychological therapies provision in South Warwickshire and recommendations
for service development
- Review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Provision for Walsall Health
Authority and Walsall Borough Council
- Development and delivery of a strategy development workshop for Child and
Adolescent Mental Health Services in Birmingham for Birmingham Children's
Hospital NHS Trust
- Organisation of conference (220 delegates) on Women and Abuse for the National
Institute of Mental Health in England.
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Psycholegal Services
- Provision of psychological reports for civil proceedings (e.g. accidental
injury) for Solicitors and others across the Midlands
- Provision of clinical psychology reports in criminal cases for solicitors
across the Midlands.
- Provision of expert witness psychological reports to assess parental mental
health and attitudes for the Family Courts in relation to various child care
proceedings.
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- Social Care Strategy
- Review of gender-related service issues for people with learning disabilities
and service development proposals for South Birmingham Psychology Services
- Development of a methodology and the assessment of the impact of carer
grants for Birmingham Social Service.
- Facilitating team development and compilation of project report for Wychavon
Learning Disabilities Service
- Review of the needs of black Carers of adults with learning disability
for Wolverhampton Social Services
- The development of a methodology and processes for the large scale measurement
of user satisfaction and quality of life in community care, residential and
nursing homes to support a major out-sourcing programme for Birmingham Social
Services.
- Review of respite care services for children with learning disabilities
and recommendations for service development for Greenwich Community NHS Trust
and Greenwich Social Services
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Substance Misuse
- Developed business plan for an Addiction Support Service in North Walsall
(New Deal)
- Needs analysis of patients with a dual diagnosis of mental health and substance
misuse problems for Wolverhampton Drug Action Team.
- Social reintegration needs of ex-problematic drug and alcohol misusers
and views of professional staff. Plans for service development for Worcestershire
Substance Misuse Action Team.
- Development of a needs assessment pro-forma for substance misuse issues
in refugee and asylum seeker communities in Wolverhampton for the Wolverhampton
BME Housing Consortium.
- Young People's Drugs Needs Analysis and recommendations for service development
for Walsall Health Authority.
- Young People's Drugs Needs Analysis for Sandwell Drug Action Team.
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Conference Services
- Organisation of 2 day national conference for 300 delegates for the British
Computer Society PHCSG.
- Action Planning Away Day on Young People's substance misuse plan for Sandwell
Drug Action Team.
- Conference on Young People's Substance Misuse Plan (140 delegates)
- Away Day to improve inter-team communication for Worcestershire Substance
Misuse Action Team
- Compilation of conference report and recommendations for NHS Executive
High Security Psychiatric Services
- Conference on the Development of Youth Services Plan (120 delegates) for
Worcestershire County Council
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