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Strategic Plan: 2012 -
2015
Draft
Strategic
Objectives
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Strategic aim 1: Set standards and
promote excellence in psychiatry and mental healthcare
What will we focus on between 2012 and
2015?
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- Increase the number of people choosing a career in
psychiatry.
- Continue to promote quality improvement in
mental health services to improve the lives of those with mental
illness.
- Define and support the leadership role of
psychiatrists.
- Promote the importance of research into
mental illness and learning disability to improve the health of the
Nation.
- Ensure there is accurate data for planning
the future psychiatric workforce.
- Identify and disseminate outcome measures of
value in determining the patient experience of mental health
care.
- Ensure College standards meet the
requirements of the 21st century psychiatrist.
- Put mental health at the heart of public
health (Fair Deal ongoing priority).
- Promote sustainable mental health care.
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Strategic aim 2: Lead,
represent and support psychiatrists
What will we focus on between
2012 and 2015?
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- Develop leadership skills for
psychiatrists.
- Identify and reward good practice in mental
health services.
- Strengthen the voice and influence of
psychiatry in medicine and in primary care in particular.
- Work with the Royal College of General
Practitioners on the commissioning of mental health services.
- Ensure the College supports members to meet
the requirements of revalidation.
- Ensure that the College supports its members
throughout their careers.
- Develop strategies to influence psychiatric
practice internationally.
- Streamline and strengthen the College
responsiveness to its members.
- Ensure that the College has appropriate
headquarters.
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Strategic aim 3: Work with
patients, service users, carers and their
organisations
What will we focus on between
2012 and 2015?
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- To ensure that the family is placed at the heart of the
delivery of mental health services.
- Produce and disseminate high quality public education material,
web resources and publications.
- The College will use its political influence to ensure
legislation in all four nations and recognises the importance of
high quality mental health care .
- Influence mental health policy through collaboration with other
mental health organisations and allied groups.
- Highlight inequalities in health and social care for vulnerable
groups, including children and people with learning disabilities,
patients in forensic settings, and those from diverse
cultures.
- Support services, treatment and choice for psychiatric patients
across the lifespan in this time of economic uncertainty.
- Maintain and strengthen service user and carer
involvement throughout the College.
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We invite comments on the Draft Strategic
Objectives. These should be submitted to Vanessa Cameron by 30
September 2011.
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