Mental Health Scrutiny and Assurance Collaborative

Scope of the Collaborative

The initial scope of the Collaborative will focus on adult secondary care inpatient mental health services. This aligns with the Core Mental Health Standards which were published in 2023, and the Mental Health Scrutiny and Assurance Review, published in 2024.

This focus will be kept under review and may extend to fully include other services as and when capacity allows. Relevant feedback concerning, for example, community-based services would not be specifically excluded however – for example, where there is important learning to be shared regarding the transition between in patient and community-based care or CAMHS and adult services

Scrutiny bodies will share information and intelligence only as far as their agreed remits permit.

Appendix C sets out the Collaborative components and the activities associated with each.