Date for Review: Review will be carried out as a staged process October 2004 - December 2004.

This website is supported by an A4 hand-held document, Primary Care Trust Intranet pages, and an educational CD Rom. The website was designed to widen access to viewing these important
guidelines and to assist the process of sharing good practice widely. It will also serve to allow rapid access to updated versions, when these are developed in the future.


Acknowledgements
A sincere thank you is extended to all of the following parties without who’s help the production of
this guidelines document would not have been possible:

Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company for its generous educational grant and the valuable information
shared by Healthcare Manger Julia Spratt.

Staff and artists associated with the START in Salford Arts Project.

The Salford Mental Health Forum and all the users and carers who participated in the consultation all core members of the guidelines development group.

The clinical experts from primary care and specialist services who contributed to specific aspects of
the overall work e.g health visitors, EDIT service, Eating Disorders Service, Community Alcohol Team
all the GPs and Practice Managers who participated in the local ‘scoping study’ which informed the strategy.

The Salford Primary Care Trust Prescribing Team for advising on monitoring aspects.

The Salford Primary Care Trust Governance and I.T Teams for advising on I.T and implementation
issues.

The Salford Primary Care Trust Clinical Effectiveness Committee and Bolton Salford & Trafford Mental Health Partnership Governance Committee for scrutinising and ratifying the guidelines, assited by its Medicines Management Groups.

Diane Bradley, Terrie-Lisa Roach, Joan Miller & Tony Marlow for time devoted to proof reading.

Collins & Darwell Ltd, Leigh for the excellent work in designing and producing this document and
scene2 for accompanying the website.

Primary Care Guidelines Development Group
The following professionals are the core members of the mental health guidelines group
which led this development work:

Dr Tom Tasker, GP & GPSI Mental Health (Chair).
Dr Simon Wright, GP.
Dr Paul Strickland, Consultant Psychiatrist, Bolton Salford & Trafford Mental Health Trust (BSTMHT).
Dr Stuart Talbot, Medical Adviser, Salford Primary Care Trust (SPCT).
Tony Marlow, Asst. Commissioner (mental health), SPCT (Guidelines Project Lead).
Sylvain Laxade, Head of Service Design, SPCT.
Alison Harris, Head of Salford Primary Care Psychology Service, BSTMHT.
Joan Miller, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, BSTMHT.
Stephen Woods, Prescribing Adviser, SPCT.
Michelle Anderson, Assistant Director Health & Social Care Adult Services, BSTMHT.
Glen Mills, Team Leader, Salford Social Services.

Back