The Mental Health Commission publish its outline for “A Recovery Approach within the Irish Mental Health Services: A Framework for Development”. It considers that staff should work to develop meaningful collaborative relationships with service users. It takes on the view of The
Irish Advocacy Network in considering “self-determination and the rights of
the service user to participate in their care and the right to take informed
risks, even if they result in failure” and recommends that “Staff work to develop meaningful collaborative relationships with service users (p.17).
