The Minister for Mental Health Maureen Watt MSP attended the Distress Brief Intervention gathering at the end of May to hear how the DBI project was progressing.
The Minister attended the event around a year on from when she announced the launch of the programme in July 2016.
She expressed delight at the progress made over the 10 months since the announcement was made and that the programme was preparing to start a controlled pilot over the coming months (see more on the pilot below).
As well as the Minister’s presence, representatives from all four pilot test sites – Aberdeen, Borders, Inverness and Lanarkshire – were present to discuss the next stage of the programme.
Kevin O’Neill, DBI programme manager, said: “A lot of work by many people and agencies has taken place over the last period to get us to where we are today.
“We’ve now reached an exciting point where level 1 training started for the small number of staff in the pilot area in Lanarkshire.
“This is a fitting point to thank everyone who has contributed so far for their time and effort.”
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(Above) Kevin O’Neill and Maureen Watt MSP (both front, centre) with members of the DBI project board at the recent Gathering event.
