POLICY DEVELOPMENT

• 1995 to December 2006: Vice Chair, Policies, National Mind. Chairing the Policies Committee which oversees the Policy, Parliamentary, Legal, and Campaigns work. Worked on the new Mental Health Act.

• 2005: Represented users on the North-East London Mental Health Change Network. The committee’s brief was “Modernising Mental Health Services in East London: A New Model for Health and Social Care”.

• 2005: Served as user representative on the North-East London Mental Health Trust Skills for Modernisation Group – an ongoing committee for workforce development.  Provided training in values based practice. 

• 2005: Designed and delivered a contract for the East London and the City Mental Health NHS Trust - “Improving the Patient Experience of the Care Programme Approach” project. Investigated current practices; produced report; and trained all nursing staff on the unit in mental health awareness and the implications for the implementation of CPA

• 2004: Worked with the London Development Centre to develop the Personality Disorder Capabilities Framework described in the NIMHE Guidance “Personality Disorder: No Longer a Diagnosis of Exclusion”.

• 2001: For the Modernisation Agency, helped develop models of recovery plans for zero-rated Trusts.

• 2001: Worked with the forensic unit in East London to produce policies and guidelines for services for female patients, as well as sexual relations on wards.

• 2000: As a member of the Health and Social Care Advisory Service, advised on commissioning of mental health services by Primary Care Trusts.

• 1999: For the Department of Health, investigated and made recommendations on services for women at Rampton special hospital