Mental Health Forum For Cowal

These service options will then go through an options appraisal process to
decide on the preferred options. Users, carers, staff and key stakeholders
will all be involved in the options appraisal. The process looks at the
benefits of each model, the risks in each model of it not working, the costs
and whether it represents good value for money.
The options appraisal process will take place on 12th August and 9th
September. If you would like to be involved, please contact Fiona Broderick
on 01546 604908 or e-mail fiona.broderick@nhs.net
It is planned that in early autumn a full report with preferred options will
be presented to the Community Health Partnership (CHP) and Argyll and
Bute Council, before being presented to NHS Highland Board. Once the
NHS Board have agreed the recommended options, these will go out to
three months public consultation.
Please note the work of building the service models and deciding which are
best has taken longer as we have been mindful of ensuring broad
consultation. Public consultation will begin in October or November 2008.
Dates and venues for public consultation will be published well in advance.
Leadership, management and governance workshops – As well as workshops
looking at service redesign there are also management workshops thinking
through all the apsects of changing the service. The first of these is now
scheduled for mid-September.