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Care Programme Approach

Booklet and summary leaflet (a DVD is also available) for service users on the Care Programme Approach: the process of how mental health services assess users' needs, plan ways to meet them and check that they are being met. Users should always feel able to ask mental health workers to explain this process clearly.

Making the CPA work for you

An A5 booklet and summary leaflet are available for service users and carers on the Care Programme Approach. These resources describe the process of how Mental Health Services assess service users' needs, plan ways to meet them and check that they are being met. Service users and carers should always feel able to ask mental health workers to explain this process clearly to them.

To order any or all of the above items, please use the Department of Health's online Publications Orderline by clicking on the 'Ordering Publications' link on the right hand side of this page and entering the relevant reference number.

.   Making the CPA work for you A5 booklet - reference: 287065
.   Making the CPA work for you summary leaflet - reference: 287066

The publications can also be ordered by calling Tel: 0300 123 1002.

• Download Making the Care Programme Approach work for you - leaflet (PDF, 150K)
• Download Making the Care Programme Approach work for you - booklet (PDF, 207K)