From Involvement to Co-Production: A Tiered Approach Across the Mental Health System

Unlock the Power of True Involvement: Your Essential Guide to Meaningful Co-Production in Mental Health

This practical guide is designed to help health and social care organisations, NHS services, VCSE groups, and private providers engage people with lived experience in shaping mental health care at every level, from direct care to national strategy.

Inside, you’ll discover how to start with genuine involvement and build towards co-production and co-design that transform services. The guide covers flexible approaches tailored for diverse settings, ensuring accessible communication, clear roles, fair recognition, safe spaces, and shared learning.

Whether you’re aiming to improve individual care plans, influence organisational policies, or shape system-wide strategies, this resource provides clear explanations, real-world examples, and actionable tools to make involvement meaningful, inclusive, and impactful.

Empower your service to work with people, not just for them and create mental health support that truly reflects the voices and needs of your community.