The Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland provides a self-assessment process for mental health services to examine their everyday activities and assess them against the Best Practice Guidance . Through self-assessment, the HSE aims to continuously improve mental health services by providing a structured opportunity to assess the services they are delivering and identify improvements . Self-assessment helps teams and services identify areas of improvement and examine how the services have evolved and how they will need to evolve in the future . The self-assessment process involves self-assessment teams, assessment rating criteria, preparation for self-assessment, training, and risk assessment .