Client and Carer-Focused Outcome Measures of the
Outcomes of Social Care for Adults with Severe Mental Illness was
one of the thirteen projects comprising the Outcomes of Social Care
for Adults (OSCA) initiative, commissioned by the Department of
Health. The project was a collaboration between organisations which
represent people with mental health problems, their carers, and the
three main professions involved in mental health care. The project
was run jointly by The National Schizophrenia Fellowship, the Royal
College of Psychiatrists Research Unit, the Royal College of
Nursing Institute and the School of Social Work at the University
of East Anglia. The two-year project developed a set of scales to
help service users and carers to:
- Communicate more effectively with doctors, nurses and social
workers with regard to their own priorities for treatment, care and
support
- Participate in improving services to meet their needs
The dissemination of CUES was managed by the National Schizophrenia
Fellowship.