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Page last updated: 30-APR-2008
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Mental Health Information Programme
Our vision is to be a valued partner in the improvement of the quality of mental health care by improving mental health information.
Objectives 2008/09
- To provide an information service to key national and local stakeholders
- To deliver information, which supports issues identified in Better Health, Better Care
- To work with the Scottish Government to ensure that information is available to monitor progress towards the mental health HEAT targets
- To identify and address information gaps through key development projects
Programme Summary
The programme aims to:
- Generate high quality information via primary data collection and secondary data analyses
- Work in partnership with other organisations to ensure that programme outputs are relevant to key stakeholders in the field of mental health care (e.g. policy makers, practitioners, academics, media)
- Provide objective and scientifically rigorous interpretations of mental illness data/information, and
- Support national level working groups through the provision of technical advice on uses of information and its generation
Contact Details
Contact: Mike Muirhead, Programme Principal
Tel: +44 (0) 131 275 6614
Email: mike.muirhead@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk
Contact: Karen Brown, Programme Support Officer
Tel:+44 (0) 131 275 6885
Email: karen.brown@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk
Web: www.isdscotland.org/imhip
Steering Group/ Programme Board
- Geoff Huggins, Head of Mental Health Division - Scottish Government Health Department
- Shaben Begum, Director - Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance
- Kirsteen Cameron, eCare Manager - Scottish Government Health Department
- Denise Coia, Psychiatric Advisor - Scottish Government Health Department
- Mark Fleming, Service Development Manager - NHS Ayrshire and Arran
- Carol Gortmans - National Schizophrenia Fellowship
- Sandra Grant - Voices of Experience
- James Hendry, Consultant Psychiatrist - St. John?s Hospital
- Alan Hyslop, IM&T Strategy Manager - Scottish Government Health Department
- John Loudon, Clinical Advisor Mental Health - NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
- Allyson McCollam, Director - Scottish Dev. Centre for Mental Health
- Rod Muir, Consultant in Public Health Medicine - ISD Scotland
- Hugh O?Neill, Service User Involvement Officer - NHS Argyll & Clyde
- Linda Reid - The Scottish Government
- Alex McMahon, Mental Health Nursing Advisor - Scottish Government Health Department
- Paul Woolman, Projects Team Leader - NHS National Services Scotland
Main contact: 
Damian Sefton
Damian Sefton
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