title: Working in partnership with people who use services; reaffirming the foundations of practice for Mental Health Nursing.
abstract: This paper reports on work produced by a Government Review of Mental Health Nursing in England conducted in 1993/4. The Review reported to the British Government in January 1994 and offered 42 recommendations for their consideration. At the heart of the Review Report was a determination that patients, carers and all people who use services should be engaged in a new partnership with nurses in the delivery of care. Within the 42 recommendations there are a number which relate particularly to developing this partnership. This paper discusses these recommendations and the issues which surround them.
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights; D004739:England; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*