CEO Diary Update w/c 18th May 2015
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‘My Home Life’ programme – taking forward the next steps in conjunction with University of Ulster,
AgeNI, RQIA for the further programme of work.
RQIA – discussion with Alan Lennon, Chair – Alan is keen to work with ihcp as a group or visit
individual members to discuss the issue of what quality care and improvement really is. I think
there is scope to link this with work with the ‘My Home Life’ programme and I will discuss
this further with RQIA and the steering group for ‘My Home Life’
Meeting with Four Seasons Health Care
Freedom of Information requests – information has been returned from some of the Trusts
regarding our requests under FOI relating to domiciliary care statistics. I will be following up on the
others this week.
Donaldson Report – ‘The right time the right place’ – ihcp response to the consultation issued and
available on the website
This week
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Meeting DEL contact to see if I can set up a meeting with key people in DEL about funding for
training/apprenticeships etc
Are you participating in the National Care Homes Open Day 19th June – You need to register
your Care Home to avail of the publicility Visit the Website to find out more
http://www.nationalcarehomeopenday.org.uk/
Click to register
Register your care home
REPORTS WHICH CAN BE DOWNLOADED via our website (click on below link)
http://www.ihcp.co.uk/general/
INVITES RECEIVED
1. Public consultation on the draft Adult Safeguarding Policy. The DHSSPS and DOJ have now
completed their analysis of responses and published the Consultation Summary Report
which can be found on our ihcp website filed under Documents and under Reference
Documents or the link below will take you to this page
http://www.ihcp.co.uk/social-care-update/
2. NIPEC meeting for the Independent and Voluntary Sector will be held on Thursday 25th
June at 10am Centre House (opposite Victoria Square and Law Courts).
The meetings are to assist Managers to focus on issues relating to Nursing Practice and also to offer
peer support etc which will be critical for revalidation. The Lead for the Meetings is Senior
Professional Officer Cathy McCusker.
I am also sitting on the Steering Group for the 'Recording for Care Project' that has been rolled out
over the 5 Trusts on behalf of the department. I discussed last week that I feel the Independent
Sector should be represented, it would be helpful if you could ask for expressions of interest and I
could then contact them directly and explain a bit more about the pilot. The aim is to have 1
regional document for Risk Assessment and Care Planning that is efficient and provides the legal
information that needs to be recorded. The Lead for the Steering Group is Senior Professional
Officer Angela Drury.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards,
Deborah Oktar-Campbell
RNA, BSc Health Studies, Diploma Nursing, FdSc Counselling, MBACP
Managing Director
Email: deborahoktarcampbellconsulting@hotmail.co.uk
Mobile: 07546487935
3. Upcoming Policy Forum for Northern Ireland seminar The future of health and social care
delivery in Northern Ireland following the Donaldson Report . Wednesday 16th September,
Central Belfast. The seminar will include keynote addresses from Pamela McCreedy,
Director of Transforming Your Care, Health and Social Care Board and Maeve McLaughlin
MLA, Chair, Committee for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland
Assembly
Kind regards,
Alistair Strachan
Stakeholder Research Officer, Policy Forum for Northern Ireland
T: 01344 864796
F: 01344 420121
www.policyforumforNI.co.uk
4. We have places left on the UKHCA “Medication - train the trainer workshop”, which we are
running in a few weeks’ time in Belfast, on Tuesday, 21st July.
As such, we wondered whether you might want to open this out to members of IHCP to attend. As with
last year we would be able to offer a discounted rate for IHCP members from the normal UKHCA nonmember rate (a saving of £79).
Below are some details of the workshop and how to book.
Medication - “Train the trainer” workshop programme
The content of the workshop is designed to provide homecare providers with the knowledge and
resources to enable them to train their staff flexibly and cost-effectively, in-house, and will cover topics
including:
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Legislation
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Compliance with Domiciliary Care Agencies Minimum Standard 7 - Management of Medicines
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Medication policies and procedures
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Levels of administration
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The use of medication compliance aids
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Safe administration
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Record keeping
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Safe storage and disposal
Delegates attending this workshop will receive a copy of UKHCA's Medication resource guide and
training pack and guidance on how to use this effectively with their staff.
Preferential rate for IHCP members
£229 inc VAT (this is a discount of £79 on the standard rate of £308 normally chargeable for nonUKHCA members).
Venue
Hilton Belfast, 4 Lanyon Place BT1 3LP
For more information
Full details of the workshop can be found at in the attached PDF.
Alternatively, call 020 8661 8182 or email: conferences@ukhca.co.uk.
To book
In order to book and qualify for the discounted rate, IHCP members should just complete the booking
form and insert details of their IHCP membership number in the relevant position on the booking form.
5. NIPEC are running some information sessions on revalidation – some of the dates are past
but there are still plenty left
6. Volunteers required for RQIA’s Web Portal Pilot
As part of RQIA’s programme of improving how services can communicate with us, we are introducing a
new self-service web portal for providers during 2016. The web portal is designed to make the registration
information on individual services held by RQIA more accessible to them, and will allow online submission
and tracking of areas including incident reporting and changes to your registration.
RQIA is inviting service providers, including IHCP members, to volunteer in a pilot scheme which will launch
in November 2015. If you wish to be involved, please contact craig.young@rqia.org.uk
7. Dear IHCP Members
I am currently undertaking a study exploring the perspectives of HCP’s and Family Care Givers of ACP for
people with dementia. This is being undertaken in partial fulfilment for PhD within the School of Nursing at
Ulster University. I am a nurse by background and have been previously involved in nursing home
management so I am well aware of how precious your time is.
Firstly, thank you to the large proportion of you who completed my survey in January. We achieved a 66%
response rate and obtained some very interesting perspectives which I now hope to explore further.
The second phase of this study will involve interviews with registered managers and GPs in conjunction with
focus groups with registered nurses. The interviews can be by telephone or in person, at a time convenient
to you. They should last around 30 minutes. Participation in interviews / focus groups can be recorded for
NMC revalidation purposes.
The focus groups should be made up of at least 4 nurses. I will come to the nursing home premises to
undertake the focus groups and refreshments will be provided. Those of you are keen to hold recordable
clinical supervision for your nurses will be provided with evidence of this from myself. Also as you will be
aware this topic is very timely given the inspection themes for RQIA for 2015/2016.
If you are interested in either the interview / and or/ focus group please email me for further information
and a consent form.
I look forward to hearing from you.
PhD Student
0QB
Room 12J06
Esther-Ruth Beck (RN)
Email Beck-ER2@email.ulster.ac.uk
School of Nursing Ulster University Shore Road
Newtownabbey
BT37
Regards
Pauline
Pauline Shepherd
Chair/Chief Executive
independent health & care providers
Mobile 07703754574
www.ihcp.co.uk