Tell us your views on mental health care – community mental health survey 2024

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Our Trust will soon be carrying out a survey to understand what you think about your care. Image of a poster advertising community mental health survey

Last year we heard the views of nearly 15,000 people. The results helped us to improve the quality of care and people’s mental health care experiences.

Participation is voluntary and all answers are confidential.

If you are invited to take part, your name, phone number, and postal address will only be used by researchers to carry out the survey. Your information and survey answers will not be shared with anyone delivering your care, and all published data is anonymised.

If you do not want to take part, or have any questions about the survey please contact:

  • 01924 316178
  • qiat@swyt.nhs.uk
  • Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield, WF1 3SP

FAQs

Do I have to take part?

Taking part is voluntary and all answers are confidential.

If you do not want to take part, it will not affect the care you receive from the NHS.

I do not want to take part in the survey. What do I do?

If you do not want to take part or have your details shared with researchers, then please let us know by the end of June using the contact details above.

Who is organising this survey?

The survey is being carried out by researchers from this NHS Trust, the Care Quality Commission and the Survey Coordination centre at Picker.

How will the results from the survey be used?

The results will be published on CQC’s website in spring 2025.

To see results from previous surveys, please go to: http://www.cqc.org.uk/cmhsurvey

If I take part, how is my personal data protected?

Your personal data will be held securely and will be treated in strict confidence in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation. Your personal data is not used for any other purpose and is deleted once the survey process is complete. Your answers to the survey are not linked to your name or full address, but researchers analysing the results will use your postcode to undertake geographical analysis of overall results.

Tell us your views on mental health care – community mental health survey 2024

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