Patient-led co-production in community mental health nursing practice: part 1
Mental Health and Social Inclusion
ISSN: 2042-8308
Article publication date: 31 July 2023
Issue publication date: 10 January 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to provide an example of patient-led co-production.
Design/methodology/approach
Using the six principles of co-production to frame the activities undertaken during the author’s relationship with a community mental health nurse.
Findings
The paper describes the benefit of a collaborative support group for the three lived experienced participants and a mental health nurse.
Practical implications
Small support groups like the one described in this paper can be established effectively through the process of co-production between people with lived experience and mental health professionals working in partnership.
Originality/value
Co-production is usually used with groups of stakeholders working together in an equitable way to design or deliver a new service; this paper, however, seeks to demonstrate how the process can be effectively used when the project is patient-led within the context of a therapeutic relationship.
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Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank Lisa Shaw, retired Community Psychiatric Nurse with Moray West Community Mental Health Team, NHS Grampian, for daring to do things differently.
Citation
Mullen, J. (2024), "Patient-led co-production in community mental health nursing practice: part 1", Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. 28 No. 1, pp. 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/MHSI-06-2023-0068
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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