Let’s Rethink Safety Plans – Together
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is inviting service users and carers to help design evaluation questions for Safety Plans to ensure they truly support those who need them. Feedback is open until the 7 October 2025, and can be shared online or through services across the Trust
What is a Safety Plan?
A safety plan is a personalised plan developed with an individual (and sometimes their carer or support network) to help keep them safe during times of distress or crisis. They can look different but often cover questions like:
- Things that have caused me to struggle in the past
- Things that make me feel unsafe
- Early warning signs when I start to struggle
- Things I, others, and services can do to help
Why Your Voice Matters
Before we ask for feedback on safety plans themselves, we want help designing the questions we will ask. We want our evaluation to reflect what matters most to the people who use our services. You know what works and what doesn’t. Your ideas will help us ask better questions and improve how safety plans are used across the Trust.
Our Commitment to you
We’re committed to improving how safety plans are used — not just what they look like, but how they feel to create and use. Some changes, like updates to the safety plan form, may happen sooner. Other changes, like how we work together to make safety planning more meaningful and supportive, will take more time. We’re collecting feedback until 7 October 2025, and we’ll share an update on the key themes from your responses through our services and in another news article.
How to Get involved
If you’ve used a Safety Plan, or supported someone who has, we’d love to hear from you.
You can complete a short survey by visiting here.
Alternatively, if you are under the care of one of our services, please ask them for the Help Us Ask the Right Questions pack, which offers some alternative ways to give feedback.
Page last updated: 2nd Sep 2025 4:44pm