Can you help us improve Perinatal Mental Health Services? Join the Helix Expert by Experience Forum
We are looking for people with lived experience of Perinatal Mental Health to share their views and ideas in helping us to make positive service changes and to influence decision making.
You do not require any formal qualifications to join the Helix Expert by Experience Forum and more information will be shared when you apply. You may also take part in as much or as little as you wish.
The Cheshire and Merseyside, Perinatal Mental Health, Lead Provider Collaborative ‘Helix’ went live Monday 1 April 2024.
The innovative model for designing and delivering specialised mental health services is a partnership made up of NHS providers who are working together to drive innovation and creativity in offering truly person-centred care.
- NHS Lead: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHs Foundation Trust
- NHS Providers: Mersey Care
The name Helix, developed by Experts by Experience, represents natural beauty, often seen in the spiralling structures of DNA, shells, and galaxies. It represents a blend of simplicity and complexity, symbolising growth and evolution.
Helix is a sign of resilience because its structure symbolises continuous progression and adaptation. Just as a helix spirals upward, it reflects the journey of overcoming challenges, learning from experiences, and emerging stronger.
Helix Experts by Experience are at the heart of everything the Lead Provider Collaborative (LPC) is striving to achieve.
Our Experts by Experience are shaping Perinatal Mental Health services throughout Cheshire and Merseyside; this includes:
- Supporting the LPC Commissioning Team at local and national events i.e. delivery of joint presentations
- Attending community events to raise the profile of local and national awareness events.
- Attending the Helix Clinical Delivery Group (CDG) as a Helix Forum representative
- Attending the Helix Partnership Boards (PB) as a Helix Forum representative.
Beyond meetings and training sessions, Experts by Experience are shaping Helix communications, content and branding. This incorporates our literature, website and newsletters. We work alongside experts, and welcome content in all formats; from videos, blogs and creative writing to artwork, graphics and crafts. We want our message to be seen, heard and shared!