Mental Health Forum For Cowal

“It is important that the aims of the consultation process are clear and transparent to all those involved.  The partners in any particular activity should understand the reason for their involvement, the scope of the exercise, the issues to be addressed, the decision making process and the subsequent use of outcomes. Social Inclusion Involvement initiatives should [...]

The “Five” service Options which are to be concidered are listed below:-
Service options will be developed under the following headings:
1.Minimal change
2.Localised services, including in-patient beds in community hospitals
3.Flexible, central in-patient facility and enhanced community mental health service
4.Flexible, central in-patient facility (with day treatment and education centre) and enhanced community mental health service
5.No in-patient beds [...]

I would like to direct you to the page:-
Service “User” involvement
and then I would like to ask the question? have the Service “Users” been adequately helped to participate in the consultation process,
There have been a number of workshops which the service “users” and their carers/families have been invited to:- but have these workshops been [...]

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 [...]

The Scottish Executive set out specific requirements for NHS Boards to build on existing good practice in public involvement. As such every CHP in Scotland is required to establish a Public Partnership Forum.
The Argyll & Bute PPF is made up of patients, focus groups, community groups, voluntary organisations and individual members of the public. [...]