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Keeping going with the RRR action plan

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Thursday, 07 April 2011
Five years after its publication, a Scottish Government conference was held on 22nd March to assess the impact of Rights, Relationships and Recovery: The Report of the National Review of Mental Health Nursing.

keeping_going_032011_repThe RRR report was the first Chief Nursing Officer's review of mental health nursing in Scotland. Its recommendations aimed to enhance and develop mental health nursing in Scotland and produce continual improvements in the experiences and outcomes of care of service users, their families and carers.

At last month's 5 years on...delivering the RRR conference, keynote speaker Ros Moore, Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland, discussed how RRR has changed mental health nursing in Scotland since 2006 and how to build on the achievements of mental health nursing and RRR. 

Over 150 delegates took part in the conference, at which the 2011 RRR annual report Keeping Going! was circulated.  This sets out the progress towards implementation of the refreshed RRR action plan for 2010-11. Rather than April 2011 being seen as an 'end point' for RRR, Ros Moore and others in the report are keen to ensure that the impetus and momentum created by RRR continues in mental health nursing in Scotland.

In the report's concluding chapter, Hugh Masters, Nursing Officer (Mental Health and Learning Disabilities) at the Scottish Government takes a look at where RRR needs to go in the future. He notes that the next stage of RRR development is being closely aligned to the three quality ambitions for the NHS as set out in the Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHSScotland:
  • Ensuring person-centered care
  • Promoting effectiveness
  • Ensure people's safety
Another key challenge for RRR is to integrate fully with other policy initiative, including Scotland's Dementia Strategy, the Scottish Patient Safety Programme in Mental Health, HEAT targets on access to psychological therapies and CAMHS. As he concludes, "The RRR refreshed action plan and our measures to keep it going are not one-off activities, there to be achieved, ticked off and marked "done". They are catalysts for positive change. They define a culture and a set of principles for practice taht are enduring and that need to be constanty refreshed, restored and sustained."

The Keeping Going! report should be available to download from the Scottish Government website soon - keep an eye on their RRR site.

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