Confidence in Care
HEADLINES:
HSS(MD)21/2010 − INTRODUCTION OF REVALIDATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Background
In December 2008 the DHSSPS established the “Confidence in Care” programme co-chaired by the Chief Medical Officer (Dr Michael McBride) and the Chief Nursing Officer (Martin Bradley). This programme has been designed to deliver on the recommendations of the White Paper “Trust, Assurance and Safety”
and the outstanding actions of the DHSSPS report “Improving Patient Safety: Building Public Confidence”
At its' outset it was envisaged that this complex programme would run for a period of 2-3 years to provide assurances in relation to safer patient/client care and enhance the Publics' confidence in health and social care professionals.
Programme Objectives
The overarching objectives of the programme are:
- To ensure effective engagement as appropriate with the Minister
- To ensure, through robust programme management, that the recommendations of the DoH working groups and the outstanding work associated with the DHSSPS report “Improving Patient Safety: Building Public Confidence” are successfully coordinated, implemented, monitored and evaluated in Northern Ireland.
- to ensure effective representation , and quality of input, from Northern Ireland into the working groups and harmonisation of the regulatory framework in Northern Ireland
- To ensure there is effective communication with key stakeholders throughout Northern Ireland, taking account of the diversity of professional roles and locations.
In the context of the programme we have identified ‘stakeholder’ as meaning those who are affected by or capable of influencing strategy. These may be:
- Key Stakeholders: those who have a position of high importance within the programme or a significant influence upon it.
- Secondary Stakeholders: those persons (or organisations) indirectly affected by programme objectives.
- Primary Stakeholders: those who are ultimately affected, either positively or negatively by programme objectives.
Programme Initiation Document
Confidence in Care - PID Version 1.1 (PDF172KB) has been compiled and is available to download.
Programme Workstreams
The Confidence in Care Programme originally had four workstreams (each with working groups), these were:
- Professional Regulation
- Pharmacy
- Tackling Concerns (Locally and Nationally)
- Medical and Non-Medical Revalidation
In the light of an increasingly shared agenda and to assure the best use of member’s time, the latter 2 workstreams have recently been merged.
Programme workstream groups are now constituted as follows:
Workstream 1: Revalidation and Tackling Concerns
Co-Chaired by Dr Paddy Woods (Deputy Chief Medical Officer, DHSSPS) and
Co-Chaired by Dr Paddy Woods (Deputy Chief Medical Officer, DHSSPS) and
Joyce Cairns (Deputy Director of HR,DHSSPS)
This group acts as ‘parent’ group to 3 sub-groups (Appraisal, Information Sharing & Investigation and Responsible Officer/Revalidation). These 3 sub-groups are chaired by a Confidence in Care Project Manager.and bring proposals to the Revalidation/Tackling Concerns ‘parent’ group for consideration and sign-off.
Related Links re Revalidation:
- Medical & Non-medical Revalidation & Medical Education Project Initiation Document (PDF 438KB)
- Medical revalidation - principles and next steps: the Report of the Chief Medical Officer
- NHS Clinical Governance Support Team Report - Assuring the Quality of Medical Appraisal
- DH Revalidation Support Team Home Page
- N Ireland Secondary Care Medical Revalidation Project (pdf 453kb)
- N Ireland Medical Revalidation Pilot Project Report by Dr Steve Wilkinson (UEA) (pdf 159kb
- GMC UK Revalidation Programme Board
- GMC FAQ's
- GMC Revalidation Consultation 1st March 2010
For reference GMC Consultation documents and supporting information can be found at: www.gmc-uk.org/thewayahead.
Related Links re Tackling Concerns:
- Tackling Concerns Locally and Nationally Project Initiation Document (PDF 450KB)
- Responsible officers and their duties relating to the medical profession – Consultation Document
- Baseline Assessment of Readiness Report June 2009 (PDF 333KB)
The Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010:
Workstream 2: Professional Regulation
Chaired by Martin Bradley (Chief Nursing Officer, DHSSPS)
Chaired by Martin Bradley (Chief Nursing Officer, DHSSPS)
- Related Links
- Professional Regulation Project Initiation Document (PDF338KB)
- Enhancing Confidence in Healthcare Professional Regulators
- Extending Professional Regulation
- Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland:-Evalution of National Pilot
- Health for Health Professionals
Workstream 3: Pharmacy
Chaired by Norman Morrow (Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, DHSSPS)
Chaired by Norman Morrow (Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, DHSSPS)
Other Useful Links:
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- General Medical Council
- Health Professions Council
- General Dental Council
- General Optical Council
- Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- General Chiropractic Council
- General Osteopathic Council
Watch this space
This web page will be updated on a regular basis.
For further information please contact Ruth Hutchison,Programme Support Officer:
