Improving the quality of mental health services in
Scotland
About the Work Programme
The aim of the Mental Health Strategic Work Programme is to:
- Weave together previous initiatives by NHS QIS component
organisations
- Learn from experience of previous NHS QIS initiatives in mental
health
- Adopt a 'quality improvement' approach which will help mental
health services in the implementation of the Mental Health (Care
& Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
- Focus on outcomes for individual users, building on the results
of an audit project supported by NHS QIS
- Develop an information culture where up to date information is
appropriately shared and based on a common data set
- Accredit the development of locally agreed Integrated Care
Pathways.
Published Date: 14 October 2005
