Co-production

The Lincolnshire Mental Health Co-production Network was established in January 2021 and came out of the Mental Health Transformation Programme. It is a valued and protected space for people to come together to provide their thoughts and feedback to help shape mental health delivery, at both a primary and secondary care level. Our core philosophy is that people with lived experience work in partnership with those that design and deliver services.

It is based on a collaboration between LPFT and Shine to be able to develop a safe space for individuals with lived experience, and is a foundation and support for people. It creates inclusivity by creating safety plans for people who may need them. This prevents them being excluded from groups like this, due to factors such as past offenses, which may have occurred when someone was unwell. It has helped to develop wider partnership working and understanding at a community level of what individual’s mental health and wellbeing needs are.