This presentation by Dr David Soodeen and Christina Gray describes work to re-design Bristol’s mental health services and care pathways in collaboration with people who use services, their carers and families.

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The new service is inclusive, locally accountable and Bristol focussed, designed to meet the diverse needs of Bristol’s population.

It aims to:

• Work with patients to promote resilience and wellbeing within service design and delivery
• Deliver high quality services regardless of age
• Consider the wider context of the patient
• Recognise and deal with safeguarding issues
• Focus on patient outcomes rather than activity (i.e. results rather than numbers)
• Eliminate ‘bounce’ – a needs led and ‘yes’ service