On 18th March 2010 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published its 'Position Statement and Action Plan for Mental Health 2010-2015'.

The CQC writes:

"This document sets out our early thinking on our approach to ensuring that services for people with mental ill-health not only reach basic standards of quality and safety, but also that they improve. It sets out some priority actions for CQC to ensure that, working with others, we can make a difference to services for people with mental health needs. It is supported by a briefing note in the appendix, which sets out some information on what we know about services for people with mental health needs and about the care that they and their families experience.

The action plan covers the provision and commissioning of health and adult social care services for all people with mental health needs, including people subject to mental health legislation."

To download the document, please go to: http://www.cqc.org.uk/publications.cfm?fde_id=15304