CONTACT CONSULTING
- THE OLD CHAPEL BELL LANE, CASSINGTON
OX29 4DS WITNEY, OXFORDSHIRE (ENG)
Phone: +44 (0) 1865 880466
Fax: +44(0) 1865 884422
E-mail: Send messagewww.contactconsulting.co.uk
Short profile:
Contact Consulting can meet the demands of a range of organisations in the statutory and voluntary sector and can offer a range of consultancy and research services. Service reviews and evaluations, including service modelling, benchmarking and strategies for service delivery; Strategic and operational planning; QIPP development and implementation; Development of specific tools, guides, products and services to support the new commissioning environment; Developing commissioning plans; Support to commissioning consortia; Project development and management; Performance management and implementation; Handling statutory enquiries following untoward incidents and homicides; Advice and guidance on legislation and policy. Through these services Contact Consulting can help organisations develop, consolidate and promote innovative working that will deliver positive outcomes both for organisations and for the people who use their services.
Detailed description:
Our work with National Mental Health Development Unit Commissioning Programme has given Contact Consulting a unique opportunity to shape the models of commissioning and develop guidance for the system. This insight enables us to offer organisations an unrivalled perspective and opportunities for us to help interpret and respond to these new challenges. Additionally, with practitioner and managerial experience, Contact Consulting can help organisations with service redesign, commissioning strategies, service reviews and evaluations as well as the development of practice and policy guides.
Steve Appleton was a member of the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Expert Reference Group on mental health and criminal justice and when working for NHS South Central had responsibility for offender health. As part of that role he oversaw the transfer of health care commissioning from the Prison Service to NHS across Thames Valley, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Steve has recent experience of conducting strategic reviews of prison mental healthcare services, in particular at HMP Woodhill - (Category A High Secure prison) and HMPs Aylesbury, Grendon and Springhill in Buckinghamshire. He has also recently completed a review of the feasibiity of talking therapies for prisoners with mental health problems who have a history of violence.
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