Count Me In Census 2007 - progress report
This information has been gathered from self-assessments by Mental Health Trusts in North East, Yorkshire and Humber about the impact of the census across the region in promoting good practice in the development of culturally sensitive services for BME client groups.
The table below gives an overview of self-reported areas of improved practice and good practice.
Click on any of the Trust names for more information about their work.
Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust Improved Practice - Plans to develop other reporting measures in addition to annual national survey
Good Practice - Workforce diversity information collected and compared with local population
- Monitoring of ethnicity and legal status of admissions
Contact: Julie Wilson |
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust Improved Practice - Increased priority and profile for equality and diversity
- Introduction of Impact Assessment toolkit, user-guide and training package
- Establishment of equality and diversity subgroup
Good Practice - Asylum seeker survey
- Northumberland mapping project
- Asylum seeker and refugee workshops
Contact: Christopher Rowlands |
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Improved Practice - Increased level of engagement with Community Development Workers and BME communities
- Involvement in the Gypsy Traveller Health Group
- Working in partnership to facilitate the establishment of a BME Older People's Forum
Good Practice - Equality and diversity steering group established
- CDWs and BME user groups involved in planning new acute care provision
- Multi-agency approach to provide local stakeholder events for BME communities to raise awareness of mental health issues and discover needs
Contact: Diane Ekins |
Sheffield Care Trust Improved Practice Good Practice - Involvement in the Enhancing Pathays Into Care Project
- Established a transcultural inpatient group
- BME advocacy service for inpatients provided in partnership with the voluntary sector
Contact: Liz Johnson |
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust Improved Practice - Awareness training for staff on recording ethnicity
- Good practice guidelines produced and displayed in clinical areas
- Developed a CD-ROM for staff to access information on recording ethnicity
Good Practice - Data quality reports now collected regularly and missing codes for ethnicity recording requested from relevant clinical area
Contact: Deborah Goodchild |
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