... that is socially inclusive and recovery oriented. This paper aims to describe conceptual thinking about these issues, specifically in relation to the challenges and balances inherent in the care packages approach. It seeks to describe work to develop an internet based, high‐level description of such packages...

... professionals or experts and service users (Department of Health, 2004 ; NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, 2006). Social inclusion was a key facet of New Labour politics. This commitment to tackling poverty and exclusion was evidenced by a wide range of initiatives, this included recognition of the needs...

... be achieved from collaborative research, allowing time and creating opportunities to shape interpretations of policy. Emerging initiatives are more likely to reflect service user perspectives and receive their support. Mental health day services Social networking Social inclusion The modernisation...

...Federica Marino‐Francis; Anne Worrall‐Davies The concept of social inclusion features prominently in current policy and practice developments in mental health services. The Social Exclusion Unit (2006) highlighted the need for mental health day services to promote inclusion and participation...

... by outlining a social systems approach to understanding social exclusion. The approach is later used to examine the position of people with mental health needs in the UK. First, however, a common assumption that social inclusion constitutes the opposite of social exclusion is addressed and an alternative way...

...Anne Felton; Penny Arnold; Sarah Fairbank; Torsten Shaw Tackling the social exclusion of people with mental health problems is a primary concern for contemporary mental health services. A social inclusion network was developed to co‐ordinate a small participatory project arising as part...

... likely to be a smoker, have problems with paperwork and be renting their home, and a significant subgroup was more likely to be friendless. The pursuit of social justice and social inclusion may require greater attention to be paid to the health and well‐being of people with below‐average intelligence...

...Sue Hacking; Peter Bates Supporting community participation and social inclusion is a key goal of modernised day services but there is a lack of instruments to measure these outcomes. This paper discusses issues around the measurement of social inclusion, presents a pilot study and introduces...