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Why join ACOMHS?

Information about joining the network and testimonials from our members can be found here.

The development process gives you an opportunity to assess your community service against our approved standards and work towards ensuring that your service is of a good quality, with the help of a supportive peer review team.

Accreditation assures patients, carers, frontline staff, commissioners, managers, and regulators that your community service is of a good quality and that staff are committed to improving care. 

Who can join?

If you work in a UK adult community mental health service, then your service is eligible to join the network.

Please note:

  • The standards focus on the core functions of a community mental health team. This means that both working-age adult teams and specialist teams such as those for older adults, rehabilitation, forensic, and so on, can join the programme. However, at present ACOMHS is not able to review the specialist aspects of such teams, just the aspects of community working which are common to all community mental health services.
  • If you work in an Early Intervention in Psychosis service, please see the Early Intervention in Psychosis Network (EIPN).
  • As part of the assessment process, we will review your staffing and processes and therefore if you work in a service that includes multiple teams, we will assess each team separately. If you are unsure whether your team counts as a single or multiple, please contact us.
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