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Establishing a National Mortality Review Programme for People with Intellectual Disabilities: The Experience in England
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Heslop, Pauline; Byrne, Victoria; Calkin, Rachel; Gielnik, Kamila; Huxor, Avon – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
In England, the national mortality review programme for people with intellectual disabilities, the LeDeR programme, was established in 2015. The programme supports local areas to review the deaths of all people with intellectual disabilities aged 4 years and over. Each death has an initial review; if indicated, a full multi-agency review takes…
Descriptors: Mortality Rate, Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries, Health Services
Cornwall Foundation Trust's Capacity to Implement the Government's Children and Young People's Mental Health Strategy
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Macpherson, Reynold; Vann, Barbara – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper evaluates the capacity of the Cornwall Foundation Trust (CFT) of the National Health Service (NHS) to implement the UK Government's children and young people's mental health strategy through its school-based integrated health centre (SBIHC) delivery model. Design/methodology/approach: This evaluation uses six…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Services, Public Policy, School Health Services
Creating and Implementing Local Health and Wellbeing Policy: Networks, Interactions and Collective Knowledge Creation amongst Public Sector Managers
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Ward, Vicky; Smith, Simon; Keen, Justin; West, Robert; House, Allan – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2018
Background: In the UK managers from multiple organisations are commonly tasked with collectively devising and implementing local health and wellbeing policies as a way of addressing increasing demand for healthcare. This requires them to create knowledge together but relatively little is known about how this occurs. This paper reports the results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Well Being, Interaction
Implementation Fidelity of a Voluntary Sector-Led Diabetes Education Programme
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Kok, Michele S. Y.; Jones, Mat; Solomon-Moore, Emma; Smith, Jane R. – Health Education, 2018
Purpose: The quality of voluntary sector-led community health programmes is an important concern for service users, providers and commissioners. Research on the fidelity of programme implementation offers a basis for assessing and further enhancing practice. The purpose of this paper is to report on the fidelity assessment of Living Well Taking…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Diabetes, Health Promotion
Implementation of the Care Programme Approach across Health and Social Services for Dual Diagnosis Clients
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Kelly, Michael; Humphrey, Charlotte – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: Care for clients with mental health problems and concurrent intellectual disability (dual diagnosis) is currently expected to be provided through the care programme approach (CPA), an approach to provide care to people with mental health problems in secondary mental health services. When CPA was originally introduced into UK mental…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Health Services
Evaluating the Outcomes and Implementation of a TaMHS (Targeting Mental Health in Schools) Project in Four West Midlands (UK) Schools Using Activity Theory
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Cane, Fiona Eloise; Oland, Louise – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2015
Government guidance in 2008 endorsed the "Targeting Mental Health in Schools" (TaMHS) agenda, which sets out to promote mental health in schools through the delivery of universal and targeted interventions. This paper initially defines mental health and outlines the TaMHS initiative. It then offers empirical findings from four focus…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Embedding Mental Health Support in Schools: Learning from the Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS) National Evaluation
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Wolpert, Miranda; Humphrey, Neil; Belsky, Jay; Deighton, Jessica – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2013
The Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS) programme was a nationwide initiative that funded mental health provision in schools for pupils at risk of or already experiencing mental health problems. The implementation, impact and experience of this programme was evaluated using quantitative and qualitative methodology involving three main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health Programs, School Health Services, National Programs