WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PEOPLE WHO USE SERVICES - REAFFIRMING THEFOUNDATIONS OF PRACTICE FOR MENTAL-HEALTH NURSING

This paper reports on work produced by a Government Review of Mental H ealth Nursing in England conducted in 1993/4. The Review reported to the British Government in January 1994 and offered 42 recommendations for their consideration. At the heart of the Review Report was a deter mination that patients, carers and all people who use services should be engaged in a new partnership with nurses in the delivery of care. W ithin the 42 recommendations there are a number which relate particula rly to developing this partnership. This paper discusses these recomme ndations and the issues which surround them.