5 Not Addressed

Co-production and peer support essential for trusted and effective mental health services

Conclusion
Services shaped and delivered with, and by, people with lived experience of mental illness are more trusted, accessible, and effective. Meaningful co-production—where power is shared and lived experience is valued—is essential to high-quality care. Peer support, in particular, is a vital part of recovery both for service users and peer support workers, offering connection, understanding, and dignity in ways that clinical services often cannot. (Conclusion, Paragraph 59)
Government Response Summary
The government partially accepts the recommendation but then discusses a plan for scaling up community-based mental health centres following evaluation of pilots, which is unrelated to the committee's conclusion on the value of co-production and peer support.
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government Not Addressed
The government partially accepts this recommendation. We will consider a plan for the scale-up of community based mental health centres following the formal evaluation of the pilots. The plan will need to be informed by the formal evaluation and initial findings from the pilots, ensuring that lessons learned are embedded and that future scale up delivers accessible and equitable neighbourhood mental health support across England.
Addressee Bodies
Department of Health and Social Care
Timeline
Recommendation age 0.7 yr
Report published 02 Dec 2025