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Chamber and committees

Triangle of Care for Mental Health Carers

  • Submitted by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2019
  • Motion reference: S5M-19921

That the Parliament acknowledges Triangle of Care: Making a Difference, an event hosted by Carers Trust Scotland on Carers Rights Day on 21 November 2019 at the Scottish Insight Institute at the University of Strathclyde; welcomes the launch of Triangle of Care Third Edition, a guide by Carers Trust Scotland to highlight the need for better involvement of carers and families in the care planning and treatment of people with mental ill-health; recognises the launch of Triangle of Care for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, a toolkit developed by Carers Trust Scotland to enhance partnership working with unpaid carers in child and adolescent mental health settings; values the important unpaid caring responsibilities that mental health carers have for a family member or friend who has mental ill-health; understands that 1.5 million people care for someone with mental ill-health in the UK; appreciates that it can be difficult and complex to provide unpaid care for someone experiencing mental health problems; further appreciates that mental health carers are not always recognised as providing a caring role by health and social care professionals; acknowledges that carers normally have good knowledge and understanding of how their cared-for person is affected by their mental health problem and understands that it is vital to involve carers in the planning and treatment of their cared-for person; understands that Triangle of Care also provides frontline staff with the tools to better support carers as part of the care team and to work in partnership with organisations supporting carers, and believes that all NHS boards should embed Triangle of Care to ensure that unpaid carers and service users are better supported.


Supported by: Tom Arthur, Jackie Baillie, Sarah Boyack, Monica Lennon, Richard Lyle, Alex Rowley, David Stewart