Share your views on adult mental health services across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent at public events

Residents are being asked to share their experiences and views on adult mental health services across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent to inform the delivery of the new Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services strategy for 2024 – 2027 from Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB).

The ICB would like feedback from its communities across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent about adult mental health services to help it to deliver the best possible care for people with mental health needs.

A series of online and in-person public involvement events will be held in February – March 2025 where people will be able to give their feedback.

The public involvement sessions will run on:

• Tuesday 4 February 2025 – 11am–12pm – online, via Microsoft Teams, for residents of South Staffordshire.
• Wednesday 12 February 2025 – 2–3pm – online, via Microsoft Teams, for residents of North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
• Thursday 20 February 2025 – 6–7pm – online, via Microsoft Teams, for residents of South Staffordshire.
• Monday 24 February 2025 – 6–7pm – online, via Microsoft Teams, for residents of North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
• Tuesday 25 February 2025 – 1–3pm, in-person, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, St George’s Hospital, Stafford.
• Wednesday 5 March 2025 – 12–1:30pm, in-person, The Bridge Centre, Stoke-on-Trent

Ben Richards, Senior Responsible Officer for Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System, said:

“We would like to hear from as many people as possible about their experiences, ensuring we deliver a strategy which provides the best mental health care possible based on their needs.”

Members of the public can register their interest in attending the events via this form

The ICB is also running an online survey, open until Friday 14 March 2025, for people to give their feedback. If you need the online survey to be in a different format or language or need help to complete it, please phone 0333 150 3069.

The Adult Mental Health Inpatients Strategy 2024-2027 has been developed with system partner organisations Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) and North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT). The delivery of responsive mental health services that will focus on the wellbeing of patients and deliver joined-up care that reduces the need for inpatient admissions are key priorities within the strategy.

For further details, visit https://staffsstoke.icb.nhs.uk/transforming-adult-mental-health-inpatient-services-survey/