DoH Guidance For Service Users and Carers - 'Making The CPA Work For You'

The DoH have released two documents (March 2008), following their review of the CPA The first is a booklet entitled,"Making the CPA work for you", a guide for service users and cares on the Care Programme Approach. The second document is an accompanying leaflet of the same name with the additional sub-heading, "It is not about how you fit into services - It is about how services fit with you. A DVD is also available from the Department of Health.

The publications are introduced as:

A Booklet and summary leaflet for service users on the Care Programme Approach: the process of how mental health services assess users' needs, plan ways to meet them and check that they are being met. Users should always feel able to ask mental health workers to explain this process clearly.