Adult and Acute Day
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About the forum
The Adult and Acute forum was presented in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Te Pou.
The forum's purpose was to support the development of positive future models in Adult and Acute mental health. This day provided an opportunity for people to showcase good practice, and share models and solutions to address issues.
Speakers, topics and presentation notes
Many speakers have kindly agreed to Te Pou giving visitors to the website access to their presentations. The presentations have been protected against alteration, but in all cases we ask that you respect presenters by: not altering the content of their presentations in any way; using their material for your personal use only; crediting the author whenever you refer to the material in the course of your work; and not copying any presentation for mass distribution without first contacting the author through emails provided or through the Te Pou web editor.
The forum was opened by Dr Janice Wilson, Ministry of Health. The following presentations were made throughout the day:
- Mental Health Leadership: A Service User Perspective - Fiona Clapham Howard
- Into the Storm: Soundings from the New Zealand Acute Inpatient Unit (PDF, 944KB) - Charles Hornabrook, Ministry of Health
- Working with others to manage acute demand (PDF, 224KB) - Peter McGeorge, Mental Health Commission, New Zealand and Beaver Hudson, St Vincent's Hopsital, Australia
- Clinical process and solutions - Professor John Werry
Nursing Leadership
- Nursing Leadership Perspectives (PDF, 2.09MB) - Anna Schofield, Te Pou
- Adult and Acute Mental Health, What's New? (PDF, 164KB) - Heather Casey, Te Ao Maramatanga College of Mental Health Nurses
DHB perspectives
- Establishing a Therapeutic Inpatient Milieu: Challenges and Opportunities (PDF, 52KB) - Emanuel Garcia, Hutt Valley DHB
- The Southland story (PDF, 184KB) - Louise Travers, Southland DHB
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A model for community care (PDF, 384KB) - Andrew Curtis Cody, Wairarapa DHB
Download the forum programme here (PDF, 88KB)
Where to from here?
Following the presentations, workshop participants discussed ensuring a continued focus on the implementation of positive future models in adult and acute mental health
Discussion included:
- the possible benefit of guideline development for acute services (which can then guide training and development and service planning)
- ensuring regional planning for acute services
- having the ability to continue to raise solutions to acute care issues.
Te Pou will be updating workshop participants on how we can facilitate some of these things.
Page last updated: 7 August 2009