Peer support and workforce development
Peer support – provided by people with lived experience of mental health difficulties – is increasingly recognised as an important and potentially revolutionary element of mental health care. Indeed, NHS England ' s Five Year Forward View for Mental Health referred to peer support as one of the ' slow burn, high impact ' interventions that should be seen as ' essential ' to the future of the NHS. And there is growing evidence that peer support has multiple benefits: it can be an opportunity for people who have experienced mental health difficulties to take on new roles; it can help people in different ways to professional-led support; and it can help bring about culture and system change in mental health services.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news