Become a reviewer

Being a peer reviewer gives you the chance to visit and assess other community services in the UK, and for community mental health service staff and clinicians this means becoming part of a dynamic network where you can share ideas, examples of best practice and resources. It also gives peer reviewers the opportunity to see how other services work as part of their professional and personal development. Additionally, many of our professional reviewers really value this experience in preparation for their own peer reviews.

As part of the agreement of joining, member services are required to nominate staff to become peer reviewers. Please bear in mind that your service will receive a visit from at least two peer reviewers (who are clinical staff) every two years, so you should provide at least two reviewers every two years in order to keep the programme running fairly and efficiently.

If more than two members of your team would like to become peer reviewers, please just let us know. We always welcome new reviewers.

As a service user or a carer, you will become part of a programme which aims to improve the quality of community mental health services. Through the accreditation process, we want to consistently raise standards and improve the quality of care and support for both patients and carers. As such, your views are vital in ensuring that service user and carer perspectives are ‘at the heart’ of the peer review process.

People who work in a community mental health service which is a member of ACOMHS.

Service users or carers, who have experience of using a community mental health service.

You will need to attend a 2-hour training session which are run by the project team every 3 months. The training will explore the role and responsibilities of a peer reviewer and explain what happens on a peer review. 

The latest information on training dates can be viewed on the events page. 

To register, please contact the ACOMHS team.