Question One

Manchester City Council funds a broad range of services for people to support them to improve their mental health and wellbeing. We think that people experiencing ill-health should have support to help them to improve their wellbeing, achieve their full potential and live as independently as possible in their community.

This may include: Being able to cope both with everyday life and when things go wrong Living as independently as possible with the right treatment and support Having better friendships and relationships Making positive lifestyle choices such as eating well, doing some exercise, drinking less alcohol and stopping smoking Doing things you enjoy Making a positive contribution to your community through working, learning new skills or volunteering, for example. From the lists below, what do you think are the three most important areas of services to help people with improving their wellbeing? (Choose the three areas you feel should be prioritised in order, with 1 being the most important and 3 being the third most important.)

1.

1: Most important

--Click Here--Community-based one-to-one support Debt management - advice and supportEmployment - advice and supportHousing - advice and supportOpportunities open to everyone to meet people sociallySupport groups that address specific health needs by meeting with other people suffering similar issuesSupported accommodation - specific housing and support for people with higher-level needsSupport with making healthy lifestyle choices, eg. stopping smoking, increasing physical activity, healthy eating and drinking less alcoholSpecialist support to help people in their own home where possibleVolunteering opportunities - advice and supportOther

	Please specify

2: Second most important

--Click Here--Community-based one-to-one support Debt management - advice and supportEmployment - advice and supportHousing - advice and supportOpportunities open to everyone to meet people sociallySupport groups that address specific health needs by meeting with other people suffering similar issuesSupported accommodation - specific housing and support for people with higher-level needsSupport with making healthy lifestyle choices, eg. stopping smoking, increasing physical activity, healthy eating and drinking less alcoholSpecialist support to help people in their own home where possibleVolunteering opportunities - advice and supportOther

	Please specify

3: Third most important

--Click Here--Community-based one-to-one support Debt management - advice and supportEmployment - advice and supportHousing - advice and supportOpportunities open to everyone to meet people sociallySupport groups that address specific health needs by meeting with other people suffering similar issuesSupported accommodation - specific housing and support for people with higher-level needsSupport with making healthy lifestyle choices, eg. stopping smoking, increasing physical activity, healthy eating and drinking less alcoholSpecialist support to help people in their own home where possibleVolunteering opportunities - advice and supportOther

	Please specify

Question Two

Support to improve people’s wellbeing can be provided through ‘peer support’ or ‘specialist support’. Peer support is provided by people who have suffered ill-health themselves and can play a vital part in helping other people with their recovery. This may be through groups or between two people, and may involve: sharing knowledge offering reassurance offering advice offering practical support talking about their experiences just listening Specialist support is provided by organisations and paid workers and includes things like advice and assistance to manage debt, supported accommodation, support to find employment, etc. We would like to increase funding for peer support where possible; to do this we will need to use some funding  currently used for specialist support. Do you think this is the right approach?

2.	What type of ’support’ do you think the Council should fund or prioritise in the future? (Tick one box only.)
	Use peer support where possible instead of specialist support
	Use specialist support where possible instead of peer support
	Use a balance of peer and specialist support
	Don’t know

Question Three

The Council wants to meet the wider needs of people with mental health and other health-related problems. This could include help with: Education - learning and getting qualifications Volunteering - developing skills needed to find work and as a valuable activity in itself Employment - getting and keeping a job.

3.	How important do you think it is for the Council to support people with mental health and other health-related problems to achieve their personal goals and aspirations in education, volunteering and employment?
		Very Important		Important		Neither important nor unimportant		Unimportant		Very unimportant		Don’t know
	Education
	Volunteering
	Employment

Question Four

The Council wants to support people to stay well and promote wellbeing. We also want to support people who are unwell to achieve their full potential and live as independently as possible in their community. Currently, a high proportion of funding is spent on high-cost mental health services for people with high-level mental health needs including supported accommodation, residential and nursing care homes, assessment, casework and reviews. The Council wants to move funding, where possible, from these high-cost services to services promoting wellbeing for the whole population. We believe we can reduce spending on high-cost services for people with high-level mental health needs by preventing more people needing these services in the future. People with high-level mental health needs will still be supported to recover, but fewer would need these services, or they would need less support in the future.

4.	Do you think this is the right approach?
	Yes, I agree that investment should be prioritised to prevent people becoming unwell
	No, we should be moving resources away from prevention into helping people with the highest-level mental health needs
	I think the balance of funding is about right at the moment
	Don’t know

Question Five

To try to improve mental health and wellbeing services, the Council has designed a Pathway to Health and Wellbeing through mental health and wellbeing services. This shows how we think services should fit together and how people can find where to go when they need support.

5.	The Pathway to Health and Wellbeing sets out six outcomes for users of mental health and wellbeing services that we should focus on helping people achieve. Please put these six outcomes in order of importance (1st = most important, 6th = least important)
		1st		2nd		3rd		4th		5th		6th
	Improved mental wellbeing
	Increased social involvement
	Improved lifestyle choices (physical activity, eating well, stopping smoking, reducing alcohol intake)
	Increased opportunities for meaningful activity
	Reduced debt
	Increased independence
	Other

	Please specify

Question Six

6.	Are there any other comments you would like to make? This might include comments about the Council’s commissioning intentions, the proposed Pathway to Health and Wellbeing and the mental health system in Manchester in general.

About you

Please answer these questions about yourself. They are optional - you do not have to answer, but you will be helping Manchester City Council make sure that the views collected through the consultation represent the views of the resident population. All responses will remain confidential.

	What involvement do you have with mental health and wellbeing services? Tick as many boxes as applicable
	I am a paid employee working within mental health or wellbeing services		I am a carer of someone using mental health or wellbeing services
	I have used mental health or wellbeing services in the past		I have no direct experience of mental health or wellbeing services
	I am currently using mental health or wellbeing services		Prefer not to say
	I am a volunteer within mental health or wellbeing services		Other
	I am a manager of mental health or wellbeing services

	Please Specify

	How did you found out about the consultation?
	Online		Health services
	Social care services		Prefer not to say
	Word of mouth		Voluntary and community sector
	Press release		Other

	Please specify

	What is your postcode (eg. M1 5DE)??

	My Gender is:
	Male		Female		Prefer not to say

	Do you identify with the gender you were assigned at birth (eg. male or female)?
	Yes		No		Prefer not to say

	My age is
	18 24 years		45 54 years		75+ years
	25 34 years		55 64 years		Prefer not to say
	35 44 years		65 74 years

	I would describe my ethnic origin as: (Please tick one box only.)
	Black Caribbean		Roma/Romani Traveller		Other ethnic group
	Black African		Kashmiri		Other Mixed Origin (please specify)
	Black British		Middle East		Other African (please specify)
	Bangladeshi		Pakistani		Other Asian (please specify)
	Chinese		Vietnamese		Other Black (please specify)
	East African Asian		White and Black Caribbean		Other White (please specify)
	Indian		White and Black African		Prefer not to say
	Irish		White and Asian
	Gypsy/Irish traveller		White British

	Please state

	Do you consider yourself to be disabled?
	Yes
	No
	Prefer not to say

	Please use this space if you would like to give more information.

	I would describe my sexuality as: (Please tick one box only.)
	Lesbian & Gay		Other
	Bisexual		Prefer not to say
	Heterosexual (straight)

	Please specify

	Please tell us your faith or religion: (Please tick one box only.)
	Christian (Including Church of England, Catholic, Protestant and all other Christian denominations)		Buddhist
	Muslim		I do not consider myself to have a faith or religion
	Sikh		Prefer not to say
	Hindu		Other
	Jewish

	Please specify

	What is your marital status? (Please tick one box only.)
	Single		Life partner
	Married		Prefer not to say
	Civil Partnership		Other

	Please specify

	Which of the following best describes your working situation? (Please tick one box only.)
	I am working full-time		I work as a volunteer
	I am working part-time		I am retired
	I am not working		Prefer not to say

Following the consultation, the Council will be publishing the findings. If you would like to receive a copy of the results, please include your contact details below. Please note that any contact details that are given will not be included when the data is analysed.  All personal details will be stored separately unless you disclose that you or someone else is at risk of harm. We then have a duty to assess this and may need to contact you or other relevant persons.

	Name

	Preferred method of us contacting you:
	Telephone		Email		Letter

	Your telephone number

	Your email address

	Your postal address (including post code)

The Council will be carrying out events in the city during January 2014 to design the Pathway to Health and Wellbeing in more detail. If you would like to be involved in these events, please fill in your details below.

	Name

	Preferred method of us contacting you:
	Telephone		Email		Letter

	Your telephone number

	Your email address

	Your postal address (including post code)

	Preferred location in the city for the workshop:
	North		South
	Central		No Preference

	Preferred time of the workshop:
	Morning (9am to Noon)		Evening (4pm to 8pm)
	Afternoon (Noon to 4pm)		No preference

	Access requirements
	Hearing loop		Sign language
	Wheelchair access		Other

	Please specify

Please note: while all attempts will be made to arrange workshops to fit your preferences, this cannot be guaranteed.