The Royal Edinburgh Hospital Patients Council

What The Royal Edinburgh Hospital Patients Council does

The Royal Edinburgh Hospital Patients Council (SCIO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (registered charity SCO53875) operating as an independent collective advocacy project for current and former patients of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The organisation is explicitly run by service users for service users: its member volunteers are patients and former patients, and the small paid team (approximately 7 staff) is supported by a Board of Trustees and elected management committee. Its core activities include the MORE-P (Mind Our Rights Education Programme) education wing, which delivers free human rights workshops across Lothian to NHS staff, third sector workers, service users and carers; group advocacy sessions on wards covering hospital food, safety, smoking policy, and discharge planning; the Stories of Changing Lives publication series; regular Patients Council meetings and Staff-Patient Dialogue forums; a Mindfulness Practice Group; and a Patient Experience Project. The organisation is not a technology company: its core stack is human-delivered advocacy and training, with websites used as information and distribution channels.

The organisation's business model is grant-funded and free at the point of use. Primary funding comes from two statutory partners — Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership and NHS Lothian — for the MORE-P programme, supplemented by smaller episodic grants (e.g., SMHAFF Small Grants, NHS Mental Health and Wellbeing Team) for projects such as Stories of Changing Lives III. No fees are charged to beneficiaries; all workshops are free and open to all. Geographic scope is regional, limited to Edinburgh and the Lothian region, with no global footprint. Distribution is delivered through physical presence within the Royal Edinburgh Hospital (offices in the Andrew Duncan Clinic), website and social media channels, public events, and workshop delivery across Lothian. The organisation participates as a stakeholder in NHS Lothian Public Social Partnerships, including the Wayfinder PSP for rehabilitation service redesign.

Name

The Royal Edinburgh Hospital Patients Council

Legal name

Royal Edinburgh Hospital Patients Council (SCIO)

Website

https://rehpatientscouncil.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Royal Edinburgh Hospital Patients Council is a volunteer-led Scottish charity that provides collective advocacy and human rights education for current and former patients of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, funded by Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership and NHS Lothian across the Lothian region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Advocacy Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Palliative Care, Hospice & Serious Illness Support (BPAGACAK)

Keywords

• Patient advocacy services
• Mental health advocacy
• Human rights education
• Collective advocacy
• Peer support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Edinburgh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Grant Funding: Funded by the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership and NHS Lothian to deliver the Mind Our Rights Education Programme (MORE-P) training across Lothian.
2. Charitable Status: Registered charity (SCIO) - Scottish Charity No. SCO53875. Funded through charitable means.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Royal Edinburgh Hospital Patients Council is an independent collective advocacy project run by patients and former patients of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. It represents the patient voice in hospital governance, policy and quality-of-care matters, and delivers a portfolio of free services including group advocacy, the Mind Our Rights Education Programme (MORE-P) human rights workshops, mindfulness practice groups, a Patient Experience Project, newsletters, and the "Stories of Changing Lives" publication series.

Product overview

The Royal Edinburgh Hospital Patients Council (SCIO) is a charitable advocacy organization offering a portfolio of services focused on representing the voice of patients and former patients of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. Its core offerings include the Mind Our Rights Education Programme (MORE-P) for human rights education in mental health care, the Stories of Changing Lives publication series documenting patient experiences, Group Advocacy sessions, a Patient Experience Project, Mindfulness Practice Group, regular Patients Council Meetings, and Staff Patient Dialogue forums. The organization operates primarily as a service provider rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MORE-P: Mind Our Rights Education Programme - the education wing of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Patients Council, designed and managed by a team with lived experience of mental health issues. It educates on Human Rights within mental health care in Scotland and is funded by Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership and NHS Lothian to deliver training across Lothian.

Products and services

• Mind Our Rights Education Programme (MORE-P)

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered key and supporting.

• CAPSkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Stories of Changing Lives III project - conducting interviews with people who have made change happen at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. CAPS contributed to the book and exhibition.
• OutlooksupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Stories of Changing Lives III project alongside the Patients Council.
• ChiaroscurosupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Stories of Changing Lives III project alongside the Patients Council.
• Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (SMHAFF)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-funder through SMHAFF Small Grants for Stories of Changing Lives III. The project was part of the Out of Sight Out of Mind exhibition.
• ArtlinkkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing creative partnership working with patients on workshops, ward courtyard designs, choirs, gardening projects, and the Morningside Mirror newspaper project. Artlink values the Patients Council's creative insight and partnerships.
• NHS Lothian Public Social PartnershipssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNHS Lothian works in Public Social Partnerships with voluntary organisations. GreenSpace ArtSpace and GameChanger are mentioned as PSPs involving NHS Lothian.
• GameChanger (with Hibernian Football Club)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic Social Partnership working on both physical and mental health to reduce stigma and discrimination.
• Wayfinder PSPsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership redesigning rehabilitation services in the REH and community. Patients Council represents collective voice of Rehab patients at these groups.
• Firrhill (Joint NHS/Carr Gomm/Penumbra)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew joint community rehab initiative - NHS/Carr Gomm/Penumbra type service for patients moving from hospital to community setting.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• VOX Scotland: National voice and collective advocacy organisation for people with learning disabilities, with overlap in mental health and rights-based advocacy; linked as a useful resource by the REH Patients Council.
• Scottish Recovery Network: Scottish charity promoting mental health recovery through peer support, networks and research; closely aligned with the Council's lived-experience and recovery-oriented ethos, including its Stories of Changing Lives publications.
• Together (for mental wellbeing): UK charity focused on mental health advocacy, rights and peer support, including hospital and community-based advocacy; closely comparable mission to the REH Patients Council.
• CAPS Advocacy: Independent advocacy organisation across Scotland supporting people with mental health and related issues; explicitly named as a partner on Stories of Changing Lives III and linked on the Council's website.
• AdvoCard: Edinburgh-based collective and individual advocacy charity providing independent advocacy for people with mental health issues, including hospital-based individual advocacy; directly listed as a partner/referral link by the REH Patients Council.

Broad incumbents

• Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance: Umbrella body promoting independent advocacy across Scotland, including mental health; provides sector-wide training, standards and convening that complement local advocacy groups like the REH Patients Council.
• Mind (UK): UK-wide mental health charity providing information, advocacy, campaigns and local services; the largest broad incumbent for mental health advocacy and rights education in the UK.
• Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH): Scotland's largest mental health charity, providing information, services and policy advocacy across the country; operates at much greater scale than the REH Patients Council and offers an adjacent, broader incumbent reference point.

Regional players

• Penumbra Mental Health: Scotland-wide mental health charity delivering personalised support, advocacy and community services; named as a partner with NHS Lothian and Carr Gomm on community rehab initiatives the Council is involved in.
• Carr Gomm: Scottish social care and support charity providing personalised community-based mental health and social support services; referenced as a partner alongside NHS Lothian and Penumbra in rehab initiatives involving the Council.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rehpatients
• Facebookfacebook.com/rehpatientscouncil
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-royal-edinburgh-hospital-patients-council

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

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