We want to hear your views on the draft quality standards for adult secondary mental health services. We have asked a series of questions, and your answers to these will help us write the final standards and develop how we measure if these standards are being met.
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Secondary mental health care services are usually services which need a referral from your GP or another healthcare service.
Secondary mental health services are usually made up of community mental health teams (CMHTs) and adult in-patient mental health wards.
Currently, there are no national standards for adult secondary mental health services in Scotland. Both people with lived experience and people who work and volunteer in services have identified this as a barrier in the delivery provision of quality care and support.
The aims of the standards for adult secondary services are:
Throughout the development of the standards, we engaged extensively with people who use mental health services, the mental health workforce and organisations who deliver mental health services.
We want to hear about people’s experiences of mental health and wellbeing, and any support they have received. However, we know that sometimes it can be difficult to talk or write about these experiences, whether they are your own or other people’s.
You can respond to any questions in the consultation that you want to. There is no need to respond to them all.
If you are affected by any of the issues covered in this document and need support, help is available.
We have included links to some of those sources of support below.
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