back to Mental Health Project home page
back to Service User Involvement page
What are forum meetings?
A forum is an informal friendly gathering and anyone is welcome. It gives people with mental health issues or their carers the opportunity to have a say about the services they receive and to gain further information. Meetings take place four times a year, both east and west of the county and venues vary to allow as many people as possible to attend. The meetings are organised and attended by a forum planning group, consisting of service users, carers and either our East or West Co-ordinator. Forum representatives then meet with our staff after each forum to discuss the issues raised and to decide what action needs to be taken to answer those important questions and to obtain any relevant information. This information is then fed back to people at the next round of forums, through our monthly newsletter and in our biannual Speaking Up magazine.
2012/13 Forums: venues to be confirmed
East Cornwall:
Thursday 19 April 2012 2-4pm Launceston
Thursday 12 July 2012 2-4pm Wadebridge
Thursday 4 October 2012 2-4pm Newquay
Thursday 24 January 2013 2-4 pm Saltash
West Cornwall:
Thursday 26 April 2012 2-4pm Hayle
Thursday 5 July 2012 2-4pm Helston
Thursday 11 October 2012 2-4pm Penzance
Thursday 17 January 2013 2-4pm Truro
If you would like to come along to a forum near you, please contact us for more information about locations and meeting times.
Tel: 01872 243532
Cornwall Foundation NHS Trust’s Day Services Review
If you would like more information on what the Trust has planned for day services, read their current information document here: Day Services Review . We are receiving lots of feedback from day centre members on the changes through our forum meetings. See the meeting notes below for more details on what people are saying and what questions are being raised.
We meet with CFT’s Chief Executive, Phil Confue, on a quarterly basis after each round of forums to put to him any questions that remain unanswered for people. Please see the meeting notes below for further information.
Forum Meeting Notes
Forum feedback meeting notes 2 Nov 2011
Forum feedback meeting notes 1 Feb 2012
Notes from meeting with Phil Confue 29 Nov 2011
