Confidence in Care

Background

The DHSSPS have recently established the “Confidence in Care” programme co-chaired by Dr Michael McBride (Chief Medical Officer) and Martin Bradley (Chief Nursing Officer). 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”

It is envisaged that this complex programme will run over the next three years and will 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.

A Programme Initiation Document Confidence in Care - PID version (PDF 214 KB) has been compiled and is available to download.

Project Workstreams

There are four project workstreams reporting to the programme board namely:

1. Revalidation and Medical Education
Chaired by David Bingham (Director of HSC, Human Resource, DHSSPS)

Related Link
Medical revalidation - principles and next steps: the Report of the Chief Medical Officer

2. Professional Regulation
Chaired by Martin Bradley (Chief Nursing Officer, DHSSPS)

3. Tackling Concerns Nationally and Locally
Chaired by Dr Paddy Woods (Senior Medical Officer, DHSSPS)

Related Links
Responsible officers and their duties relating to the medical profession – Consultation Document

4. Pharmacy Group
Chaired by Norman Morrow (Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, DHSSPS)

Chairs are currently refining their terms of reference and populating their teams with representative staff from the DHSSPS, HSC organisations and other key stakeholders.

Useful Links

Watch this space

This web page will be updated on a regular basis. For further information please contact programme manager Levette Lamb Levette.lamb@dhsspsni.gov.uk