Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan

What you told us

The Mental Health and Wellbeing (MHWB) Public survey went live from 8th October – 23rd November 2025 and received 164 responses. You told us that:

Most of you were aware of national support (125) for MHWB and the local Community Mental Health Team (111)
Most of you preferred your information channels to be face-to-face (104) and online platforms e.g. Google (77)
The most common advertising method known for MHWB was social media and posters
42 of you had never used Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership (AHSCP) services
There was low usage of employability services
Moving in and out of services - most stayed with one service (53)
Before going to GP visits, most of you said you would use online support (75) and apps (59)

You were clear on what you felt the problems were with getting access to services, you felt that there are:

Long waiting times
Lack of face-to-face services; and
Costs can stop people from getting mental health help

You had strong views on what you felt works well with MHWB, you felt these are:

GP referrals and personalised support
Community resources are effective practices that improve mental health care outcomes
Self-care strategies help people to maintain and improve their mental wellbeing independently

You had helpful suggestions on how we can make AHSCP MHWB services better, these were:

Extending service hours
Improving information dissemination
Investing in community initiatives
Integrating care models.

What we're doing

The survey responses will be combined with responses from the Lived Experience Forum, focus group and staff feedback to develop a Mental Health and Wellbeing (MHWB) Delivery Plan. This means we want to take all your feedback and look at your suggestions for improvement in detail. Our MHWB leads will have workshops to go through your feedback, and actions will be made from your suggestions on how to make services better. We hope to have this completed by April 2026.