Service user group

Definition of a service user group (based on Wallcraft 2003)

SERVICE USER RUN GROUP - user group as a group where service users make all the decisions.

SERVICE USER LED GROUP -a group where service users are on the majority on the management committee or other decision making body but are not the only decision-makers.

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Reigniting the space steering group

Steering group members for Reigniting the Space
Alternatives to detention/sectioning under the Mental Health Act 1983. Can you help with suggestions?

As part of her work for the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act, Dorothy Gould is trying to collect as many examples as possible of alternatives to detention/sectioning.
Stakeholder position statement on the NICE guideline for depression in adults

A request for a second stakeholder consultation of the next revision of the NICE guideline on the Recognition and Management of Depression in Adults, prior to its formal publication.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

service user led or user-controlled

service user led / user controlled
User involvement

user involvement / service user involvement / survivor involvement / involvement / co-production
Survivor

mental health survivor
Service user

definition of service user
The movement

service user / survivor movement

4Pi national involvement standards

Developed by people with lived experience as part of the National Involvement Partnership (NIP) project, the 4Pi National Standards ensure effective co-production, thus really improving experiences of services and support.
Jobs and involvement opportunities

Jobs and other involvement opportunities that call upon your lived experience as a mental health survivor / service user / carer.
BME mental health service users launch manifesto

The Kindred Minds BME mental health service user led manifesto is a unique resource, has been written by BME mental health service users and has a comprehensive vision for the policy and practice changes needed to improve the mental well-being of BME mental health service users.
Survivor Researcher Network launch manifesto

Written by the Survivor Researcher Working Group, the SRN manifesto sets out the background and context to survivor and service user research and SRN's aims and values as a network
History

About the National Survivor User Network (NSUN) and the wider service user survivor movement. What we have achieved.
Join as a member

We are a ‘user led’ network of over 4500 individual and group members. Join us to find out what's happening across England to improve the experiences of people who need services and support when in distress. We aim to connect, inform and influence.
Our vision

Our vision is of a diverse, inclusive and influential user-led network with the strength to challenge inequality and improve lives.
Alternatives to detention/sectioning under the Mental Health Act 1983. Can you help with suggestions?

As part of her work for the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act, Dorothy Gould is trying to collect as many examples as possible of alternatives to detention/sectioning.
Campaigns

Our campaigns are based on the points prioritised in our Members' Manifesto. All of our work aims to take action to improve things for people who experience distress, discrimination and disadvantage.
But that would be a lie

Jessica Gallier writes about a series of events that followed her father's suicide and the way in which they affected a vulnerable, grieving family whilst doing nothing to prevent future deaths