Mental Health Service Design and Development

The Mental Health Service Development Group is made up of a range of stakeholders from the following groups:

The group has a range of objectives to improve mental health services throughout the Bristol region. These include developing a plan that provides:

A commitment to make real choice available to service users
Services designed to meet the needs of those who use them – and evaluated on the basis of the impact they have on service users’ quality of life
A ‘recovery’ approach to treatment and support – reflecting and supporting individual needs and choices; inclusive of wider aspects of people’s lives; and based on a sense of optimism about people’s future prospects
Services based on equality of access and reflective of the full diversity of the community in Bristol
Recognition of the needs of carers as well as the important role they play and the expertise they have
A partnership approach to working with all sectors of service providers to deliver the aims of our Vision
A recognition of the pressures and constraints on staff – and the central role they have in delivering our Vision for the future.

The Vision for Mental Health Services in Bristol