The Mental Health Advocacy Project provides professional independent advocacy services for anyone who has or has had a mental health and / or addiction problems who lives in or is receiving treatment in West Lothian. The project also provides advocacy services to HMP Addiewell.
People may need Advocacy to help them speak to professionals such as Doctors, Nurses, Lawyers, Social workers etc: Advocacy can support people in meetings / appointments, with written communications or to help locate information or services.If you feel you need someone to help you with a difficult situation then have a look through the rest of our website to see what services we offer and how we could help you.
People may need Advocacy to help them speak to professionals such as Doctors, Nurses, Lawyers, Social workers etc: Advocacy can support people in meetings / appointments, with written communications or to help locate information or services.If you feel you need someone to help you with a difficult situation then have a look through the rest of our website to see what services we offer and how we could help you.
Services
Under The Mental Health (Care & Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, everyone in Scotland who experiences mental health difficulties has a right to access Advocacy services. There may be times in our lives where we need some support to face difficult situations or make difficult decisions. At these times we would all like to have someone at our side to help.
Collective Advocacy MHAP offers collective advocacy opportunities to enable service users in West Lothian to raise collective issues with service providers, policy makers and any other relevant organisation.
MHAP facilitates the West Lothian Services Users' Forum (WLSUF) and the Community Reps' Group to provide a supported structure for groups of service users to have their collective voices and opinions to be heard as part of MHAP's commitment to challenging inequality.
MHAP facilitates the West Lothian Services Users' Forum (WLSUF) and the Community Reps' Group to provide a supported structure for groups of service users to have their collective voices and opinions to be heard as part of MHAP's commitment to challenging inequality.
The Mental Health Advocacy Project celebrated its 25th birthday in 2013. Our Project came to being after a group of patients in Bangour Village Hospital set up "The Patients Council" to address various issues which affected their lives whilst in hospital. Over the years this was transformed into "Friendset", then "The Patients Advocacy Service" then to the services we have today.
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