...Elaine Mather Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe a voluntary sector organisation's work in transforming day services, based on peer support, in the face of major cuts in Local Authority funding and the requirement to provide “low-cost, high-impact services”. Design/methodology...

...Katie Wilkinson; Alun Walters; Anne Crawford‐Docherty This article describes the approach to modernisation of adult mental health day services taken in Sandwell, which retains a building‐based element to provide for attachment and belonging, while developing community‐based models that promote...

...Peter Swan This article describes the results of a survey of adult mental health day service staff that explored their views and experiences of day service modernisation. While respondents acknowledged the positive aspects of service modernisation, they also believed that some people might find...

...Jane Thakoordin; Rosina; Elaine This article is an account of day service modernisation in Birmingham, describing how a range of innovative approaches to consultation with service users played a key role in reshaping day services in the city. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010...

... Employment Sheltered employment Day services MODERNISATION Reluctant conscripts? Service users experiences of vocational service modernisation Helen Bird, Ursula Huxley and Chris Ring Helen Bird and colleagues report on a small-scale research project completed in west Yorkshire that examined...

...Peter Bates The modernisation of day services presents many challenges. One key challenge is not to abandon the people that these have traditionally supported. Peter Bates from the National Development Team makes a plea for a modernisation process that clearly recognises the needs of this important...

... user aspirations and staff expectations. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Commissioning Mental health services Service user research Consultation Day services Employment services USER INVOLVEMENT Modernising day and employment services in South Essex: the role of service user...