Mental illness.

  • Great Britain. Department of Health
Date:
[1993]
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Licence: Open Government Licence

Credit: Mental illness. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8.1 8.2 AGREEING LOCAL TARGETS Action summary © All SSD and NHS Managers E Establish targets for the implementation of service improvements. — Agree targets for health promotion and mental illness and suicide prevention with healthy alliance partners. Agreeing local targets NHS and SSD managers will want to set challenging but realistic targets to mark their progress towards the health of the nation targets. This is particularly important when agreeing targets with alliance partners (see Chapter 5). Targets should therefore be: @ Specific @ Measurable @ Attainable @ Resourced @ Timebound SSDs, RHAs, DHAs, FHSAs and provider units will all wish to set targets. These can be built up in a hierarchy of targets at service provider, purchaser and Regional level. Managers will wish to agree locally targets to meet local needs and priorities. RHAs and FHSAs should ensure that GPFHs state in their business and purchasing Plans how they intend to tackle mental illness — for example, proposed referrals; contract arrangements; use of voluntary services; counselling arrangements etc. Setting local targets - some examples set their own targets within their own settings. They will also wish to agree similar targets with alliance partner to meet the objectives suggested in Chapter 5. @ To draw up a socio-demographic profile by ... and to update on an [annual| basis 95 MENTAL ILLNESS