dccg-engagement

We will be hosting the first Dorset Youth Representatives Group, this Thursday 12th November 2020. The Dorset Youth Representatives Group is for people who work with young people across Dorset. The aim of this group is so organsations across the county link up on projects that involve young people. We hope that by meeting and having regular conversations, we can go someway to ensure that young people are kept at the heart of decision making (when it affects them). We also hope and that we can continue to improve our working practices by sharing our learning and our experiences. This has [...]

Mental Health Rehabilitation Services work with individuals with complex psychosis whose needs cannot be met by general adult mental health services. Last year, we worked with Dorset Mental Health Forum to speak to people who had used rehabilitation services in Dorset. We wanted to find out what people’s experiences of these services had been. The survey we developed was for patients, staff and wider stakeholder groups too. Dorset Mental Health Forum carried out face to face interviews where possible with patients as well as with staff. Using feedback from this, and working with the Project Steering Group, we agreed the values [...]

Local partners have launched a survey to get people’s views on mental health services within their communities. The survey is open to anyone aged 16 or over and asks people what they think is good about services, what could be improved and what ideas or hopes they would have for services in the future. Dr Sudipto Das, Consultant Psychiatrist with Dorset HealthCare “Everyone working in health wants people to have access to the services they need, however despite our best efforts we recognise that sometime they don’t meet everyone’s needs. We are seeking views on how services can be improved, by [...]