Service Users & Carers

The views of people who have a mental health problem or a learning disability and family and friends who care for them are very important to the review. There are service user and carer representatives on most of the Committees, but there are other ways of getting their views too.

The Learning Disability Committee also established an Equal Lives Group for people with a learning disability and a Carers Advisory Group. They meet regularly. These groups held a series of meetings around Northern Ireland to get the views of other people with a learning disability and their carers. The views gathered at these meetings have been summarised in two reports, We have a Dream and Focus on Families.

• We Have a Dream - Final Report  (PDF 688 KB)
• Focus on Families - Final Report  (PDF 300 KB)
• Challenges of Complexity  (PDF 177 KB)

Equal Lives Consultation Events

As part of the consultation on the Equal Lives draft report, consultation events are being held for people with a learning disability and their carers. Dates and venues can be found here  (PDF 69 KB).

There are also reference groups of users of mental health services and their carers. The service user group is chaired by Martha McClelland from Mind Yourself (telephone: 028 7126 3461) and the carer group is chaired by Marie Crossin from CAUSE (telephone: 028 9023 8284).