Commission's latest visit reports highlight the importance of involving individuals, their families and carers in planning person-centred care

The Mental Welfare Commission today published 10 new reports following visits to mental health and learning disability services in Scotland.

Every year the Commission visits around 100 wards and units for people with mental ill health, learning disability, dementia or related conditions in Scotland. From this year, these visits are being extended to community mental health teams. 

During the visits Commission visitors talk to patients, relatives and staff, and examine records. A report is published after each visit. The Commission expects a response to each of its recommendations within three months of the reports being published. 

Today’s reports highlight positive findings, aspects of care and treatment where we think the service could do better, and making recommendations for change where necessary.

Claire Lamza, executive director (nursing), Mental Welfare Commission, said:

“This month’s reports highlight the importance of involving individuals, their families and carers in planning person-centred care. It goes without saying that meaningful engagement with people with lived experience, and their carers actively promotes care that better meets people’s needs. For some of the services that we visited, we were pleased to see this happening, others however have work to do to ensure that the person and those important to them are at the centre of all care planning."

The reports are for: