Advocacy, advance planning and the peer workforce (MEQ)

You are the consultant in a community mental health service. A 34-year-old man with schizophrenia and two previous involuntary admissions asks you to (i) write to his housing provider supporting his tenancy, and (ii) ensure that a one-page crisis plan he wrote while well is honoured next time he becomes unwell. His sister, who is his main support, telephones you separately for information; he has not consented to disclosure. Your service is also drafting a new model of care and the executive has asked for a consumer representative to join the final sign-off meeting. (i) Outline your approach to his two requests. (ii) Describe the evidence for advance planning in reducing coercion. (iii) State your response to the sister. (iv) Advise the executive on genuine co-production.