Mental health

Beyond consultation theatre

What genuine co-production looks like in secure forensic mental health care

What genuine co-production looks like in secure forensic mental health care
Co-production has become a central ambition in Scotland’s social care landscape. It appears in legislation, national standards, and reform programmes with a confidence that suggests consensus. Yet the settings where co-production is most needed, and most difficult, remain largely absent from the conversation: secure forensic mental health services…
Published in
Reports
on 13 Mar 2026

Developing peer support: from acorns to trees

Reflections on the journey

from acorns to trees

Last year we worked with Future Pathways, Voices for a Better Future and the Scottish Recovery Network to look at how we might co-design peer support for care survivors supported by Future Pathways.  If you aren't familiar with the term care survivors, it refers to people abused or neglected as children in the Scottish care system.

Peer support was something that care survivors had already identified that they wanted, to enhance what they were already receiving through individual support coordination, to help improve their own lives (and, of course, others).

Co-designing peer support: future pathways
Published on 21 Nov 2024

Supported decision making

Insight 73

Insight 73
This Insight provides an overview of the policy and legislative background to supported decision making (SDM). It also provides a brief summary of research looking at how SDM may be approached and details the implications for social work practice…
Published in
Insights
on 1 Sep 2023

Carers mental and physical health

ESSS Outline

ESSS Outline Carers mental and physical health
Evidence summary that provides an overview of carers mental and physical health, with additional focus on finances and employment.
Published in
Outlines
on 29 Oct 2020

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