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The adult acute in-patient service at the Cavell Centre includes a three day assessment unit, three week treatment ward, three month recovery ward and a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU). At the beginning of 2016, the occupational therapy team evaluated the current therapeutic treatment group timetable to ensure we were meeting the occupational needs of patients in the fast paced admission pathway. After initial assessment using the Model of Human Occupation Screening Tool (MOHOST), or VDT Model of Creative Ability, patients are referred to the therapeutic treatment groups based on their occupational needs. This poster will display the revised therapeutic group sessions relating to occupational performance areas within the above models of practice. The COT's Recovering Ordinary Lives strategy (2006) suggests those who use occupational therapy services play a part in developing and evaluation. A form was provided at the end of each group for patients to complete. The form included a helpfulness rating and feedback about aspects of the group that were most helpful, not helpful, areas that they did not understand and ideas for future sessions. This information was collated in a database in January 2017. The results indicated that 776 patients attended therapeutic treatment groups in 2016. 94% of these patients rated that they experienced the groups as 'helpful', 'very helpful', or 'extremely helpful' in relation to working towards their occupational therapy goals on their care plan. The poster will display patients' comments from the feedback forms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]