East Midlands

Development Centre

Working for positive outcomes for health

and social care in the East Midlands

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About CSIP East Midlands
Supporting the delivery of Department of Health policy priorities at a national,
regional and local level to bring about improvements in health and well-being.
Care Services Improvement Partnership is
a partnership of four national improvement
programmes, delivered regionally.
The Department of Health (DH) and the
Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) have
implemented changes to the Care
Services Improvement Partnership’s role
and way of working.
The changes were agreed following a
thorough review of CSIP’s eight regional
development centres (RDCs) and
nationally coordinated programmes that
come under its auspices.
The value of CSIP’s programmes has been
recognised and their role in supporting
improvement across and beyond health
and social care remains pivotal to the
effective delivery of an ambitious policy
agenda.
CSIP East Midlands is commissioned by
the East Midlands Strategic Health
Authority and the Department of Health.
We are accountable to the Strategic
Health Authority for our regionally agreed
programmes of work. We also have an
accountability to the director of the CSIP
National Support Office for discharging
our responsibilities for work commissioned
centrally, and for ensuring that we
contribute to nationally agreed
programmes.
We have agreed a change plan that
outlines how CSIP East Midlands will
continue to support working across the
NHS and social care, engaging with local
government and the Government Office
network. CSIP East Midlands and the East
Midlands Strategic Health Authority will
keep key partners and stakeholders
informed of progress on a regular basis.
Our role is to support the
delivery of DH policy priorities
at a national, regional and
local level to bring about
improvements in health and
well-being.
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Our approach
A regional partnership for Core work programmes
regional priorities Our activity is focused on five core work
Our Regional Development Centre ensures programmes:
a strong emphasis on regional priorities. 1. Mental health
We work in partnership with DH, the East 2. Social care
Midlands Strategic Health Authority, the 3. Children and families
Government Office for the South West and 4. Health and social care in
local government to promote and support
criminal justice programme
the improvement and innovation of local
services.
This brochure provides a flavour of some
the shared solutions we have successfully
Developing shared solutions
delivered in order to meet our local
We adopt a collaborative approach,
partners’ priorities.
understanding the needs of our partners
from the public and Third Sector and work
with them to achieve shared solutions for
the improvement and innovation of local
services.

We achieve this by:

• developing the capacity and capability
to achieve improvements in delivery
• supporting policy implementation, and
• supporting the development of policy

The diagram on page 5 illustrates this

approach.

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Examples include:
• reducing delayed transfers from hospital for older people through improved data collection,
analysis and mapping the journey of people who use services
• working closely with service providers and people who use services, using evidence-based
tools and technology to deliver high impact changes in mental health
• working closely with many local authorities to develop sustainable efficiency improvements in
adult social care.

Developing the capacity and

capability locally to achieve
improvements in delivery

IMPROVED
OUTCOMES

Supporting the Supporting

development policy
of policy implementation

Supporting system change

Examples include: Examples include:

• supporting the development of the
strategic framework for improving health
in the South West following the Darzi
review
• leading the Department of Health
consultation on the Commissioning
Framework for Health and Wellbeing
with input from regional partners, and
• developing national demonstration sites
through the Improving Access to
Psychological Therapies programme.
• supporting the regional implementation of the
National Dementia Strategy
• supporting services to implement
improvements identified in the HealthCare
Commission’s audit of inpatient mental health
services
• supporting the implementation of Valuing
People Now
• ensuring dignity is at the heart of all care and
support, particularly for older people
• supporting implementation of the amended
Mental Health Act 2007

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1 Mental health
Working to improve the quality of life of people of all ages
who experience mental distress

Our mental health programme is led by the

National Institute of Mental Health in
England (NIMHE). NIMHE was formed in
2002 to help the mental health system
implement the Mental Health National
Service Framework and the NHS Plan.

We aim to implement national policies for

local benefit taking a whole system
approach across health and social care.
Our strategic objectives are:
• improving health and well being
• supporting service and performance
improvement
• promoting equality, access, choice and
independence, and
• supporting system change.

Led by XXXX, our mental health

programme has 6 workstreams:
• Improving Access to Psychological
Therapies
• Effective Commissioning
• Wellbeing and inclusion
• Specialist Mental Health services
• Equalities
• Legislation

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2 Social care, older people and

learning disability
Helping to transform care services for adults, particularly older
people, those with long term conditions and people with learning
disabilities, to enhance their quality of life with greater choice and
control, wellbeing and personal dignity.

CSIP’s Social Care Programme relates to the wider social context of people’s lives
including their independence and wellbeing, and their housing, for example, as
well as their health and immediate care needs. We are committed to the vision of
health and social care services that are personalised and meet the needs of
individuals.

Our programme provides consultancy,

support and delivery services focussed on
the policy priorities from the Department
of Health’s Social Care, Local Government
and Care Partnerships Directorate and in
conjunction with the East Midlands
Strategic Health Authority. The programme
is co-ordinated by XXX, Regional Change
Agent.

Our insight into the everyday issues faced

by health and social care services enables
us to deliver real results to benefit health
and social care professionals and the
services they provide. We engage with
managers, clinicians and practitioners to
redesign pathways, improve skills and
motivate the workforce.

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3 Children and families

Working to support real change and better outcomes
for children, young people and their families.

Our children and families programme aims to enhance, at a regional level,

cross-government activity to support the delivery of Every Child Matters (2003)
and the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity
Services (2004).

At CSIP East Midlands our team is led by
XXX, the Regional Change Agent. We work
with all agencies and sectors involved with
children and families and can offer specific
support to individual areas, based on their
local needs.
Our programme for this year includes work
on:
• Children with disability – we will
support the multi-agency
implementation of Aiming High for
Disabled Children which includes
improvements in the provision of short
breaks, transition planning and services
to those children with life-limiting
illnesses
• Commissioning – we work with local
areas to develop World Class
Commissioning competencies within
the Children’s Trust arrangements
• Early years and child health
promotion – we are supporting areas
to implement the Child Health
Promotion Programme and to develop
a wide range of services in Children’s
Centres and Extended Schools
• Emotional health and wellbeing –we
offer information, advice and support to
enable Partnerships to continue to
improve their services
• Maternity services – we are helping
areas to implement their Maternity
Matters action plans
• Safeguarding – we work with the East
Midlands Strategic Health Authority to
support those professionals working in
this field as they implement the Child
Death Review process

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4 Health and social care in criminal

justice
Working to support better health and social care for
offenders and their families.

The main focus for the Health and Social Care in Criminal Justice Programme
(HSCCJP) is on supporting positive changes in the well-being of people with
health and social care needs in all areas of the criminal justice system.

The Offender Health and Well-being
Partnership in the South West builds on
the work of the Department of Health
(DH), the Home Office (HO) and more
recently Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to
modernise and mainstream prison health
care into the wider NHS and the
developments highlighted in the
consultation on ’Improving Health,
Supporting Justice’. As changes in
structures within the MoJ and DH regional
presence proceed, we will continue to
work in partnership to “improve health,
address health inequalities and reduce
crime by maximising the opportunities
provided by better integration of health,
social care and criminal justice systems”.
Our main aim is to support the delivery
and implementation of Improving Health,
Supporting Justice.
Our main objectives are to:
• lead efforts to improve access to health
services for offenders with mental
health, physical health or substance
misuse needs
• support the implementation of National
Service Frameworks, the NHS Plan, the
Social Exclusion Unit report and other
related policy guidance within the
context of the criminal justice system
• contribute to the reduction of
reoffending across the region
• improve the quality of commissioning
processes for offenders
• enable service developments to be
informed by local experience and
stakeholder participation, and
• develop the use of the Prison Health
Performance Indicators (PHPIs) and
support service improvement issues
arising from these

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Have your say

We have developed an ambitious
programme of work based on what our
commissioners have said are the most
important things we should do.
Findings from last years IPSOS MORI
survey show that the majority of our
stakeholders say that we support positive
outcomes in health and social care
services in the East Midlands. But what
you think? Your views are important to us
and there are a number of ways that you
can have your say. We will do our best to
listen to what you say and implement any
improvement suggestions where
appropriate.
Talk to one of our team
Get in contact with one of our team to
share your views in person. Use the
contact list on the next page to identify
the most relevant team member.
Complete our stakeholder survey
Our online stakeholder survey will take you
less than 2 minutes to complete.
www.eastmids.org.uk/feedback/survey
Write an email
You can provide your feedback by email to
jonathan.king@eastmidlands.csip.nhs.uk

Contact us
Tel: 01623 812930
Fax: 01623 812940
Email: jonathon.king@eastmidlands.csip.nhs.uk
Web: www.eastmidlands.csip.org.uk
Regional Director: Dean Repper

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Our team
Staff team contact details grouped under our core work programme headings and listed
alphabetically by surname. Click on a staff members name to read their biography on our website.

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