Mental Health Forum For Cowal

I would like to thank councilor Dick Walsh for allowing extracts of a letter sent to the Cowal Mental Health Forum in responce to a question of Service “user” involement.to be published on this site

Redesign of Mental Health Services

Thank you for your email dated 22nd July 2008 in relation to the current redesign of mental health services in Argyll and Bute.

“As you know NHS Highland and Argyll and Bute Council are working very closely as we progress through the three stages of the redesign process.
We are currently at stage two of the process and a series of events has been organised to look at agreeing a set of options that will be agreed with all interested parties before we reach stage three of the process which involves a three month formal consultation period.

I am sure you will agree the monthly newsletter is user friendly and clearly has the Argyll and Bute Council Logo alongside NHS Highland Logo. This is a very clear statement to the public that this is a joint process involving the Council and NHS Highland.

Council Officers will continue to monitor the success of the newsletter and other ways of publicising the redesign process which also involves working closely with ACUMEN to keep “under review” the impact of service user involvement.

On another matter I am informed you have set up a new Web site on the internet on behalf of the Cowal Mental Health Forum and I would like to congratulate you on driving this forward.

I look forward to the conclusion of the redesign process in due course and your continued support in the reshaping of services within mental health.”

Yours sincerely,

Dick Walsh
Leader.