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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