Tuesday, 20 September
2011
I'm enjoying the third day of the World
Psychiatric Association's 15th World Congress of Psychiatry in
Buenos Aires. Some of our Members are flying the flag for UK
psychiatry with keynote addresses. Yesterday, Professor Graham
Thornicroft spoke about recent developments and new trends in
community mental health care, and later today Professor Janet
Treasure will talk about 'Getting to the Fundamentals of Eating
Disorders'.
Back in Belgrave Square, our Service
Users’ Recovery Forum (SURF) and Carer’s Forum are both meeting
today. The forums are composed of 30 service users and 30 carers
from a wide range of backgrounds and experience, and from across
all College jurisdications.
I'm very pleased to hear that my colleagues from the College of
Psychiatry of Ireland will be in attendance as they are in the
process of setting up similar forums, based on the College’s model
for service user and carer engagement.
At today’s meeting the Forums will be considering, amongst other
issues, the Joint Commissioning Panel for Mental Health, our
Strategic Plan for 2012 to 2015, and will also be meeting with
representatives from the Department of Health to discuss Payment by
Results (PbR) in mental health
settings.
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