How it will ensure that people with mental health problems are actively involved in developing their own care plans.

The Framework for Mental Health Services in Scotland encourages mental health agencies to ensure that people who use services, and their families and carers, receive the necessary support to enable them to participate effectively in planning their care. Access to relevant information, advice, advocacy and other support assists people to make informed decisions about their care.The Framework for Mental Health Services in Scotland provides a template for agencies designed to ensure that people who use services and their families and carers receive the necessary support to enable them to participate effectively in their own care. Access to relevant information, advice, advocacy and other support can all help informed decisions about individual care plans. This modernisation and responsive care agenda is continued in the forward programme of change and improvement set out in Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change.How that change is delivered and how people who use services are kept involved and engaged with their own care planning requires joint working between the local authorities, the NHS and other relevant organisations. The Mental Health and Well Being Support Group will continue its review of agency progress with this modernisation agenda, including the user and carer dimension and will feed into the overall assessment and accountability process announced in Our National Health.