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UPDATE FROM THE DUAL DIAGNOSIS
NETWORK
RICHARD BELL
DUAL DIAGNOSIS PROJECT MANAGER
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST 6
MONTHS?
Continuing to develop and expand the network
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Working with Adult Social Care and Prison Services
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7 New services with Lead Practitioners – Stockshill, The Vale, Community
Alternatives Team, Cottingley Court, Bewerley Croft, Spen Lane, HMP Leeds
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Ongoing work to ensure all services across the city are appropriately represented
Working with LYPFT to implement Dual Diagnosis Strategy
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Supporting LYPFT DD working Group to identify training needs e.g. legal highs
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Currently supporting to ensure community services are engaged with the network
following transformation
Common Screening Tools – AUDIT, ASSIT, Brief MH Questionnaire, GAD7,
+ PHQ9
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Delivered training to Criminal Justice Services and Multiple Choice on Brief Mental
Health Questionnaire
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Available on the website
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Level 2 training will include these
Care Pathways and Protocols
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Leeds Care Co-ordination Protocol reviewed and updated to match the pathways
guide and service mapping against dual diagnosis quadrant mapping
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Set up 2 new link working partnerships – LAU + MC, LAU + HR
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Continuing to implement the Common Mental Health Problems Protocol agreed
between Community Drug Treatment Services and Primary Care Mental Health –
IAPT
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Supporting other drug + alcohol services to work with IAPT
Service User Involvement
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Dual Diagnosis Expert Reference Group established March 2012
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Continue to support and develop the influence of the group in the project
Website Update
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Update the website to reflect the developments over the past year - Pathways guide
and service mapping information linked to care pathways, common screening tools,
resources e.g. information leaflets, useful websites, training
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Currently visit services to promote and explain the website
SERVICE MAPPING?
MOVING FORWARD - THE NEXT 6 MONTHS
Karen returns November 2012
Service Evaluation
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Recently completed a pilot service evaluation
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Piloted 2 questionnaires – DD prevalence + How services support people with DD
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Planning to begin a service evaluation of all services approx November 2012
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Aim is to use learning to inform future development of services, DD strategy and
continued improvement of access to treatment.
Service User Involvement
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Build on the recent establishment of Expert Reference Group
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Inform PR + promotion, case studies framework, strategy
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Continue to promote the case study framework
Training
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Currently developing a funded level 2 DD training course in line with ‘Dual
Diagnosis Capability Framework’ (Hughes 2006)
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The course is aimed at generic workers who work with dual diagnosis clients
regularly, but don’t have a specific role with this group.
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The content and focus of this course would be understanding and promoting the principles of recovery + the therapeutic
relationship
providing advice and delivering brief interventions
performing screening and risk assessment
care co-ordination
knowledge of local services and partnership working
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120 places available beginning in 2013
Thank you for listening
Questions ?