Mental Health Forum For Cowal

I would like to direct you to the page:- Local Service Provision this will help “tie in” the last few posts.

Mental Health Service Redesign in Argyll & Bute
Clinical Service Options
Key Core Service Elements and Planning Assumptions:
The following is a list of the planning assumptions and key service elements. It lists the things that are seen as key issues that are absolute essentials to be addressed within any new service that is developed.
These have [...]

Care in the community seeks to:
• promote privacy, dignity, independence and choice;
• provide support for community-based living;
• provide, as far as possible and practical, professional care and support at home, or in a homely setting;
• provide services which are sensitive to the individual’s needs for health, social care and housing and cause as little [...]

Enabling the users of mental health services to express a “Voice” which is recognized as Valid by those professionally involved in mental health service provision, the aim of the forum is to encourage users to become involved in user councils and emphasize the need for clarity and openness about the objectives to be achieved. [...]