Mental Healthwatch handbook

"This handbook provides information on how Healthwatch can help improve mental health with a range of partners including central government, service users, comissioners, providers, the voluntary sector and councils."

Mental Healthwatch handbook: Improving mental health with your community
National Survivor User Network
April 2014

Read more here.

Voluntary organisations experiences of local health organisations

"In March 2014 NAVCA published three research briefings exploring local charities and voluntary organisations attitudes and experiences of local health organisations. The three reports explore the extent to which they feel able to influence Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNA) and the nature of their relationship with local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local Healthwatch."

Find out more and access the reports here.

Smart Guides to Engagement series

"The Smart Guides to Engagement series is for everyone working in or with clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). The guides have been written by experts to provide straightforward advice on all aspects of patient and public engagement in an easily digested format."

Access the 12 guides here.