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TRANSFORMING YOUR CARE
Transforming Your Care is a major programme involving the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS), the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) and the Public Health Agency (PHA), working in partnership with the Health and Social Care Trusts and other service providers. It follows the Review of Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland commissioned by the Minister for Health, Edwin Poots MLA in June 2011.
The Review, undertaken by a group of independent experts chaired by John Compton, Chief Executive of the HSCB, reported in December 2011 with the publication of the “Transforming Your Care”.
The Report sets out 99 recommendations for the future shape of health and social care services. In undertaking the Review, the panel were committed to listening to the views of patients, staff, partner organisations and the wider public, and conducted a series of events to engage with key stakeholders including surveys, public meetings and meetings.
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The Minister for Health has accepted the content of the Review, and their recommendations are now taken forward by the DHSSPS, HSCB and the PHA.
To read more about Transforming Your Care, and to keep up to date with the latest news, including announcements made by the Minster for Health on the future direction of Transforming Your Care, go to the DHSSPS Transforming Your Care website. The latest plans and documents, including Population Plans for each of the five areas in Northern Ireland are also published on the DHSSPS website.
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“Transforming Your Care presents a significant opportunity to fundamentally improve the quality of care for everyone in Northern Ireland and places patient experience at the heart of these reforms”
John Compton,
Chief Executive,
Health and Social Care Board
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Expert Panel
An Expert Panel will assist the work of the Programme Board in taking forward the recommendations. The Panel
will provide clinical and professional advice on the standards and policies required, and ensure that improved
outcomes are achieved and patients are better served.
The Panel currently comprises seven members drawn from a range of multi-disciplinary specialisms and user groups.
They are:
• Ms Linda Robinson, Chief Executive of Age NI
• Dr Tom Black, NI General Practitioners Committee
• Mr Terry Irwin, Royal College of Surgeons
• Mr Seamus O’Reilly, Clinical Director of Emergency Medicine, Southern Health and Social Care Trust
• Dr Philip McGarry, Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland
• Mrs Mary Hinds, Director of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, Public Health Agency
• Mrs Fionnuala McAndrew, Director of Social Care and Children, Health and Social Care Board
The Panel will be in place over the lifetime of Transforming Your Care and expanded as required to help with the
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