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- A Positive Approach to Risk & Personalisation
This paper, commissioned by the West Midlands Joint Improvement Partnership (JIP) provides a framework for Councils in shifting the balance away from risk aversion towards supported positive risk taking. The aim is to share risk between the individual using services (regardless of funding source), their family, carers, professional care staff, third parties and the Council. - National Chinese Family Carers for Mental Health Support Project
Between February and May 2011, the Chinese Mental Health Carers Support Project has developed a range of resources for family carers in the Chinese community. These resources have been publicised widely and intensively through a national media health promotion campaign. - BAC O'Connor DVD
View the BAC O'Connor 7 minute film. This is a fantastic example of how commissioners, providers and people have worked together to help shape services they access in Staffordshire. - Essex 3-year study on personal budgets
The Office for Public Management (OPM) and Essex Coalition of Disabled People (ECDP) have been commissioned by Essex County Council to carry out a 3-year study on the impact of personal budgets on 46 disabled and older people in Essex. The study provides in-depth insights from service users and their families over a 3-year period. - Innovative Practice for PPF in the West Midlands
Innovative Practice - case examples from the West MidlandsAs part of the National Delivery Support Plan, Jeff Jerome recently requested examples of innovative and interesting practice across all the milestone areas that could usefully be shared. He will be interrogating the data from the PPF Survey conducted earlier this year as one means of identifying potential examples of innovative practice and also asked regional transformation leads to let him know about potential innovative practice in our region. - Key Contacts
Deputy Regional Director: Denise Porterdenise. porter@dh. - Priorities for West Midlands Personalisation Leads 2010/11
Priorities for action by the Network/JIP/DHOutcome of small working groups on November 3rd 2009. - The market for Personal Assistant Register Software
Research report - PA registersWest Midlands Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (IEWM) commissioned Impact Change Solutions to research the current market for Personal Assistant Register Software. The broader context of the research and the development of many of the software packages featured in this report is "Putting People First". - West Midlands Regional Telehealthcare Network
JIP/ADASS Network for Teleheahcare Leads in the West MidlandsRegional Network for Telehealthcare Leads in 14 local authorities and 17 PCT's in the West Midlands. - West Midlands members
Bucknell, Chris (Herefordshire Partnership) Coe, Alan (Shropshire County Council) Cowen, Robin (CSIP) Cryer, Jane (Coventry PCT and CIty Council) Foster, Simon (CSIP West Midlands) Furnival, Paula (Staffs County Council) Hinde, Rachel (NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement) Marshall, Mike (Dudley MBC) Massey, Louise (Wolverhampton City PCT) Mistry, Safina (Birmingham City Council)Nugent, Richard (Sandwell Primary Care Trust) Porter, Denise (DH) Porter, Denise (Shropshire County Council and PCT) Rainbow, Robert (Coventry City Council) Sherratt, Frances (NHS) Siggins, Grainne (Wolverhampton City Council) Smith, Paul (Telford & Wrekin Council) Smith, Phil (Staffordshire County Council) Underwood, Catherine (Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust) Wright, Trevor (stoke city council)Young, Angela (heart of birmingham pct).