Dorset’s community mental health services are improving
We are working towards improving community mental health and wellbeing support in Dorset. We know that at the moment, we don’t always get things right. Sometimes there are gaps in care and challenges in communication between services and the people we support.
We have listened to people in our local community, who have told us that it can be confusing trying to find the right support, with similar services offered by different care providers.
Through Access Wellbeing, our mental health transformation programme, we are working with people and communities to develop a new model of care that will better meet the needs of the people who live here.
Access Wellbeing sees the NHS, councils, charities, and community groups working in partnership to deliver support, avoid duplication and make sure we provide people with the help they need, when and where they need it.
We are building on some of the great work already taking place in our community, to connect services and provide everyone with access to the right support.
This is supported by the NHS Long-term Plan to transform community mental health services with a focus on people living the life that they wish to live in their community.
