Clinical Supervision for Mental Health Nurses in NI (PDF 135 KB)

Best Practice Guidelines

Proceedings of national seminar on postgraduate medical education and training

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Equality Implications of HSSPS Polices

The overall objective of the Health, Social Services and Public Safety (HSSPS) family is to promote and improve the health, social wellbeing and safety of the whole population. The bodies which make up the HSSPS family are the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS), four Health and Social Services Boards, nineteen HSS Trusts, five specialist agencies, the Mental Health Commission, four HSS Councils, the Northern Ireland Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education, the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting and the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland. The Mental Health Commission and the National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting are at different stages in their equality work and are not therefore included in this document. They will be consulting separately. åÊ

Preparing Ireland's Doctors to meet the Health Needs of the 21st Century (Buttimer Report)

The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Group's vision is that Ireland's postgraduate education and trainingenvironment will be attractive to all medical graduates and deliver high-quality programmes that will result in a sufficient number of fully-trained, highly competent doctors to deliver a patientcentred, high-performance health service for this country.â?Âù Click here to download the document View Factors affecting Career Choices and Retention of Irish Medical Graduates, commissioned by the Group and undertaken by the Department of Public Health Medicine and Epidemiology, UCD

A brief cognitive behavioural intervention for regular amphetamine users. A treatment guide.

A brief intervention using motivational and cognitive behavioural approaches to help change drug use. Also offer alternative brief interventions for clients not suited to the current approach. This manual is divided into five sections: Section 1. Context Key points from the National Drug Strategy Monograph No 51. Models of Intervention and Care for Psychostimulant Users are included to present the evidence supporting this type of intervention for regular amphetamine users.  A flow-chart to place the intervention in a treatment context. Section 2. Brief background to the study and summary of results of evaluation A brief description of how the study was developed, undertaken and evaluated. A brief description of the evaluation outcome data (detailed results will be published separately). Section 3. The intervention The CBT intervention is presented in a clear and easy to use format for practitioners. Section 4. Suggested alternative brief interventions for those not suitable for the current intervention This section provides an overview of recommendations for alternative interventions for psychostimulant users who are unsuitable for the CBT intervention (e.g. those who are not considering change, experimental users etc). Section 5. Other available resources This section lists a range of other resources that are currently available for practitioners working with psychostimulant users. This treatment guide has not been designed to stand alone. Rather, practitioners are encouraged to: 1. Acquaint themselves with the current research and clinical literature. The recently completed monograph Models of Intervention and Care for Psychostimulant Users is an excellent resource for current evidence supporting practice in this area. 2. Undertake training in CBT and motivational enhancement techniques if unfamiliar with these approaches. 3. Obtain ongoing clinical supervision.This resource was contributed by The National Documentation Centre on Drug Use.