Managing to meet service users' needs

Introduction

The current political agenda requires service users' views to be incorporated into the design of health and social care services (Department of Health, 2006). Services are assessed by the quality of the outcomes they provide for users. Frontline managers are responsible for gathering service user views on their needs. Whose views should be taken into account? How do managers gather views? This unit helps you consider ways of getting feedback from service users, and shows the inclusive approach of a manager of a voluntary sector mental health service.

This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course Managing Care (K303) [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]