1. Assistant Director of Service Improvement and Governance
Mrs Mairead Mitchell
Assistant Director of Service Improvement and Governance

2. Muckamore Abbey Hospital
Setting The Scene
Muckamore Abbey Hospital

3. North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust
Community and Hospital

4. Background:
Population - 160,000
Staff - 3,500
Income - £145M
Service Locations - 50

5. A Centre of Excellence in the treatment and care of people with Learning Disabilities since the late 1950’s

6. What Do We Do?
We provide assessment and treatment services for people with learning disabilities who have an additional mental disorder:
Psychiatric Illness
Severe Challenging Behaviour
Co-existing complex neurological disorder

7. Main Services: Specialist Psychiatric and Nursing Services
Clinical Psychology
Dental Services
Physiotherapy
Speech and Language Therapy
Orthotics
Social Work
Daycare
Podiatry

8. Muckamore Abbey Hospital
Opened in the late 1950s/ early 1960s
Provides a regional specialist assessment and treatment service for people with Learning Disabilities.
Max Patient No.s 1980s - Over 800
Currently 290 Patients
Staff No’s 620
Strategic Direction
Resettlement of Long Stay Patients to the Community
Reduction of Inpatient Bed Capacity
Assessment and Treatment Services

9. Strategic Direction
Resettlement of Long Stay Patients to the Community
Reduction of Inpatient Bed Capacity
Assessment and Treatment Services

10. Secretary of State for Health
Meeting the Targets
“Three major challenges facing the NHS; firstly patients must be put first at each point of contact with health and social care services, second, all of the services that patients receive must be transformed and finally, staff and particularly clinicians must be involved in shaping the change
Patricia Hewitt MP
Secretary of State for Health

11. Improving Quality of Service
Targets
Improving Quality of Service
Access to Services
Working in Partnership
Service User Involvement
Delivering Value for Money

12. In The Midst of Change: Redevelopment of Hospital Services
Resettlement Programme
Reprovision of Children’s Services

13. Future Hospital Service
Specialist Hospital Services will be for People with Learning Disabilities who live in the community and:
Who require Assessment and Treatment because of associated Mental Health or Behavioural Difficulties. or
Who require Assessment and Treatment in a semi-secure environment because of their offending behaviour.

14. Assessment and Forensic Units Muckamore Abbey Hospital
Phase 1
Assessment and Forensic Units
Muckamore Abbey Hospital

15. What Will This Do?
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19. Continuous Quality Improvement
Quality Agenda
Continuous Quality Improvement
Patient/Carer Involvement
Standards/targets
Development of a multidisciplinary audit tool
Awards

20. Achievements:

21. Service Improvement:
Public Servant of the Year

22. User Involvement
Aim: To set out a plan to enhance service user involvement and to give guidance and information about involvement issues

23. Three Strands:
Information Dissemination
Consultation
User Participation

24. Developing a Culture
Build Trust
Value People and their views
Must be sustainable
Equal Terms

25. Vision:
Valuing people who have a learning disability, ensuring their right to full citizenship, equality of opportunity and self determination