National Outcome 6 - Continued

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Performance

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Number of people accessing Fairer Scotland Fund mental health and wellbeing initiatives

1,078 people accessed mental health and wellbeing initiatives via the Community Regeneration Fund during 2007/08. The Community Regeneration Fund has partially been superseded by the Fairer Scotland Fund (FSF) Health Thematic projects.

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The proportion of people (aged 65 +) who are admitted as emergency inpatients 2 or more times in a single year per 100,000

The Aberdeen City multiple admission rate at 52.8 re-admissions per 1,000 population is well above trajectory of 33.9 per 100,000 by March 2009. This will continue to be monitored and measures instituted to align this with agreed trajectories through the ongoing City Intermediate care programme and long term conditions collaborative.

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Mental health first admissions

1,078 people accessed mental health and wellbeing initiatives via the Community Regeneration Fund during 2007/08. The Community Regeneration Fund has partially been superseded by the Fairer Scotland Fund Health Thematic projects.

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Number of suicides

Due to the small numbers involved, care should be taken when assessing any apparent trends in the number of suicides. As year to year variation in the figures could result in apparently large percentage changes, the use of 3-5 year annual averages should provide a better indication of longer term trends. In order to meet the target, 751 City staff need to be trained by 2010. The total number of key frontline staff trained to date is 246. In Aberdeen 7 safe TALKS courses have been delivered to 89 staff and 3 ASIST courses delivered to 52 staff.

Target is to

‘Reduce suicide rate between 2002 and 2013 by 20%, supported by 50% of key frontline staff in mental health and substance misuse services, primary care and accident and emergency being educated and trained in using suicide assessment tools/ suicide prevention training programme by 2010’

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Performance

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Annual rate of increase of daily defined dose per capita of anti- depressants

The rate of anti-depressant prescribing has continued to rise in the city with a daily defined dose (DDD) of 31.24 per capita against a trajectory of 25.49 by March 2009. Work will continue in primary care sector to bring DDD down to agreed trajectory.

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Percentage of older people aged 65+ with intensive care needs receiving services at home

Through projects such as the Intermediate Care programme NHS Grampian and partners are striving to retain people in their own home, independently or with support, while also having appropriate residential care capacity available for use as and when required.