Belinda Walker - Midland PRIMHD Decision Support Coordinator

Greetings

Belinda has worked within the health and disability NGO sector for over 10 years. She has worked in a variety of roles from community support worker through to senior management. Belinda has a strong passion for quality improvement and best practice that will ultimately improve service delivery for tangata whaiora, their whanau and significant others.

Belinda was born in the Wellington region and spent a significant part of her life living in Lakes and BOP. She now lives in Mamaku Village on the outskirts of Rotorua.

Belinda brings with her, extensive experience of working with PRIMHD and prior to that MHINC. She was also a participant in the National KPI Project and has provided Health & Disability Auditing in the sector.  In her new role, Belinda will continue working with NGO’s across Midland to support them with PRIMHD data monitoring and analysis.

Belinda will be based in Lakes DHB and can be contacted on  belinda.walker@lakesdhb.govt.nz

All PRIMHD updates will be posted on the Midlands Regional Mental Health Website - click here to access updates.

 PRIMHD Update December 2011

At the beginning of the rollout of PRIMHD there were 47 planned providers for Stage 1 & 2, followed by a further 218 providers in Stage 3. Of these 85 were in the Midland region alone.

 There are now only a very small number of mental health and addiction NGO providers who are yet to achieve "LIVE" status with PRIMHD data submission which is an awesome achievement for the sector and Midland region.

 I would like to congratulate those providers who have embraced the process with a ‘just get on with it’ attitude and worked hard to firstly gain PRIMHD compliance and then improve their data quality.

 As my role has evolved some of the ways that I can see organisations future proofing themselves is to ensure that you are not reliant on one person to hold all the knowledge about PRIMHD. It is important that if key people leave, that business can continue as usual and this also applies to PRIMHD.

 Please make sure that your:

 are all available with an adequate handover.

Staff who currently hold a Midland PRIMHD training certificate should be able to train other staff in the PRIMHD basics. 

Remember too that your Mapping Document will need to be updated with any contract changes, or venue and contact changes. If you do not think you have electronic copies of any of the documents I have just identified, or would like assistance please contact me  belinda.walker@lakesdhb.govt.nz

 In the new year I will be concentrating more on PRIMHD data quality and analysis and as the final deadline for PRIMHD compliance concludes in December 2011.

 Thank you for your support during the year and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any concerns, questions or need support. No question is silly and you may ask the same question more than once if needed.

PRIMHD Training with Te Runanga o te Whanau

On the 15 December we had the pleasure of being in the company of Tim, Richard, Pare and Faith from Te Runanga o te Whanau who were enthusiastic and ready to learn more about PRIMHD.

Te Runanga o te Whanau is based in Te Kaha and offer Kaupapa Maori Adult Support which is funded by BOP DHB, Adult Co-existing Disorders and Peer Support for Whanau services which are funded by other agencies.

Tim, Pare, Richard, Belinda & Faith

Thank you for making us feel welcome during the training session.

 

 

Recognition Morning Tea for Beverley House

A morning tea was recently held at Beverley House on the 15th of September to celebrate the organisations achievement of being the first provider to have no duplicate or multiple open referrals in their PRIMHD (Programme for Integration of Mental Health Data) reporting to the Ministry of Health. The morning tea was attended by staff and clients of Beverley House; Glennis Seranke (Board Member); Lyall Thurston (Deputy Chair Lakes District Health Board); Mary Smith (General Manager Planning and Funding); Marita Ranclaud (Planning & Funding Portfolio Manager) and Belinda Walker (Midland PRIMHD Decision Support).

Beverley House has embraced the new reporting imposed upon them and have taken great pride in ensuring that the data they submit is of a very high standard. 

    

Beverley House also recently upgraded their gym equipment and resources in other exercise classes as part of their health focused programmes.

 

Midland Stage 3 - 5 PRIMHD Implementation Evaluation Report 2011

During March - June 2011 a Monkey Survey was undertaken to measure the effectiveness of the Midland PRIMHD Implementation for Stage 3 - 5 NGOs.  The project commenced in July 2009 and completed in June 2011.  For the Midland region this involved 78 NGO providers who were assessed as being in scope.  The evaluation report also included a review of the PRIMHD Implementation Plan 2009 objectives.

Midland Stage 3 - 5 PRIMHD Implementation Report Covering Memo

Midland Stage 3 -5 PRIMHD Implementation Evaluation Report 2011

Please contact Belinda Walker if you would like a hard copy of the report, or wish to discuss any of the findings.

 

Release of the NGO Guide to PRIMHD (Non-Government Organisation Guide to the Programme for the Integration of Mental Health Data)

Between October 2009 and June 30th 2011 PRIMHD Regional Coordinators (PRCs), the Ministry of Health, and Platform Trust worked together with NGOs across the country to introduce PRIMHD reporting into approximately 174 NGO mental health and addictions standard business processes.

Beginning with only 11% of national 'in scope' NGOs set up to report to PRIMHD, the PRCs worked with NGOs to 'map' their services, update their reporting techniques, navigate their way through privacy and security requirements, and more, to end their roles at the close of June 2011 with 76% of national "in scope" NGOs reporting 'live' to PRIMHD.

Although some of the original PRCs have now moved on, the influence of their work, along with the Ministry and Platform has not. Not only are some NGOs still achieving 'live' status as we speak, but the wisdom gained over nearly two years of setting up reporting to PRIMHD has been collated to produce the NGO Guide to PRIMHD.

Acknowledging that around 20% of mental health and addictions NGOs are still to negotiate the final hurdles to successfully introduce PRIMHD reporting into their own business processes, parts 1 & 2 of the NGO Guide to PRIMHD aims to support these NGOs and acts as a step-by-step guide to setting up PRIMHD reporting.

For those NGOs who are already reporting to PRIMHD, part 3 of the NGO Guide to PRIMHD introduces the range of NGO PRIMHD reports with information on how to access these.

For NGOs already accessing reports - watch this space in the coming months as the Ministry of Health and Platform work together to produce the equivalent part 4 - Use of PRIMHD Information.

We suggest you click on the link to check out the NGO Guide to PRIMHD for yourself; take a look at the documents, processes and projects linked to PRIMHD and find out exactly what terms such as 'in scope', 'map' and 'live' stand for.