Routemap for Strategic Commissioning Plan and Strategic Plan Review and Development - 2021 onwards.
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Key Themes of Building Back Better (Communities) - Strengthening Communities post lockdown.
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Report from the Scottish Recovery Network on people's experiences of staying well and adapting to change during COVID-19.
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A new Women Returners Programme that aims to build on the Scottish Government's commitment to reduce the gender pay gap.
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An update on two new initiatives from Police Scotland.
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A Powerpoint Presentation from Lomond & Argyll Advocacy Service on their work and the RAP Project.
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This report aims to report openly and transparently on how COVID-19 has affected progress towards Scotland’s National Outcomes.
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The Dementia and COVID-19 National Action Plan outlines steps to build on the action taken since March to ease the impact that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had on people with dementia and carers.
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The Scottish Mental Health Law Review publishes the latest interim report. The review aims to improve the rights and protections of people living with mental illness, and those supporting them.
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Voluntary Health Scotland's CEO Claire Stevens reflects on the challenges and opportunities facing the third sector in 2021, the part the sector plays in public health, and the distinctive contribution that arts and culture are making to support people through the pandemic.
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The key findings from a new report by the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Mental Health, as part of its inquiry into progress with the Scottish Government’s Mental Health Strategy.
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An investment of £750,000 in local carer centres will increase support for unpaid carers of all ages, helping them to take a break from caring and access other much-needed help.
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This is an update on the latest Victims Taskforce Meeting, held in December 2020.
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The Social Renewal Advisory Board was set up by Scottish Ministers to make proposals that can renew Scotland once we start to emerge from the pandemic. The final report “If not now, when?”, sets a course towards this future.
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The Bill creates additional protection for people who are at risk of domestic abuse, particularly where they are living with their abuser. Legislation has now been passed giving more powers to police and courts to protect people at risk of domestic abuse.
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The minutes from the November 2020 meeting of the National Taskforce for Human Rights Leadership.
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The Argyll and Bute Rural Growth Deal Heads of Terms agreement published 11 February 2021.
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Scottish Government information on the Scottish Welfare Fund up to 30th September 2020.
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The annual report of the long-term monitoring of health inequalities headline indicators.
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Notes from the recent Argyll & Bute HSCP Strategic Commissioning and Market Facilitation Steering Group
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Scottish Recovery Network has published the findings from its' national engagement. The programme gathered views on a vision and strategy for mental health recovery in Scotland.
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An update on the 2021-22 Scottish Budget. Scottish Government have increase the Budget investment for a Fairer Scotland.
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The Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland report was recently published
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A review of progress made on Every Life Matters, Scotland’s Suicide Prevention Action Plan (SPAP) 2018 – 2021, over the period September 2018 to October 2020.
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The minutes for the Strategic Commissioning Market and Facilitation Groups recent meeting.
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The Scottish Government position statement in response to a joint letter to the UK from the UN Special Rapporteurs responsible for food and poverty. It outlines Scotland’s human rights approach to the challenges of food insecurity and poverty, including actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Scotland’s Chief Statistician has announced the publication of the latest Long-term Monitoring of Health Inequalities report.
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The objective of this report is to present findings of Wave 2 of the Scottish COVID-19 (SCOVID) Mental Health Tracker Study. These findings are based on questionnaire data collected between 17 July and 17 August 2020, a period that coincided with the Phase 3 easing of lockdown measures in Scotland.
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Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has accepted the findings of the Independent Review of Adult Social Care, and the Scottish Government is already working to implement key recommendations. First steps include a £20 million Community Change Fund.
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The Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee has published its Phase 2 report on what primary care should like for the next generation. The report considers the impact of COVID-19 and sets out steps for change in how primary care is delivered and received.
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New national research commissioned by the National Rural Mental Health Forum and Support in Mind Scotland (SiMS) has shown that 93% of people living in marginalised rural communities in Scotland believe the Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on their mental health and wellbeing.
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This framework builds on Scotland’s first cyber resilience strategy, Safe, secure and prosperous: a cyber resilience strategy for Scotland, expanding on its achievements and addressing ongoing – and new – challenges.
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This document sets out the strategic approach the Scottish Government is taking to help achieve the 2025 vision for Fair Work.
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A publication comparing and contrasting statistics on key policy topics such as People and Communities, Services and Lifestyle, Economy and Enterprise broken down by Remote Rural, Accessible Rural and the Rest of Scotland.
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Information on the MS Wellbeing Hub.
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This report outlines the significant progress that has been achieved against each of the eight priorities set in our first Diabetes Improvement Plan, published in 2014 and the progress against National Priority Commitments for 2021 to 2026.
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This plan has been developed to support the delivery of agreed local outcomes for Argyll & Bute’s communities in conjunction with the national priorities contained within the SFRS Strategic Plan 2019 – 2022, and supports the Argyll & Bute Community Planning Partnership’s (CPP) Local Outcomes Improvement Plan (LOIP) 2013-2023.
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The Local Government and Communities Committee have published a report, which reflects on the impact of two key areas of the act aimed at empowering communities: participation and asset transfer requests.
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This progress report provides an update on actions within the Fairer Scotland for Women: Gender Pay Gap Action Plan since publication in 2019.
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This report shows how Scotland's national and local governments are committed to improving the ways individual people, and communities of people, can be involved in decision-making that affects them. This is vital when it comes to the development of health and social care services.
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This is the third report on The Scottish Government Mental Health Strategy 2017- 2027.
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The National Taskforce for Human Rights Leadership have published their report, International human rights laws will be incorporated into Scots Law, including the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People (UNCRPD).
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This Trauma Informed Practice Toolkit has been developed as part of the National Trauma Training Programme, to support all sectors of the workforce, in planning and developing Trauma Informed Services.
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This report contains a wide-range of evidence about experiences and perceptions of crime, the police and justice system in Scotland, as well as results from the survey’s self-completion modules (covering drug use, stalking and harassment and partner abuse).
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This Progress Report for A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People sets out the progress made on the 93 actions in the original report in an Easy Read format.
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This report analyses National Performance Framework indicators from the perspective of disability. It does this by comparing the outcomes and experiences of disabled and non-disabled people. This report also provides some commentary on how COVID-19 has affected disabled people.
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This is the Scottish Government’s initial response to the Social Renewal Advisory Board’s Report “If not now, when?”. It welcomes the ambitious and innovative Calls to Action set out in the Board’s report and outlines the work that we are already taking forward to address a number of the Board’s recommendations in areas such as housing, fair work, supporting parents and young people into employment and investing in our communities.
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The report includes statistics on child poverty, pensioner poverty, poverty for equality groups, and income inequality. These estimates are used to monitor progress in reducing poverty and income inequality.
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Scottish Government have published an equality impact assessment with actions for achieving the Dementia and COVID-19 National Action Plan.
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Victim Support Scotland has unveiled its new five-year strategy. The plan is aimed at empowering everyone affected by crime through high-quality support and care, as well transforming victims’ experience of the justice system.
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