Public protection: national leadership group
Overview
The National Public Protection Leadership Group (NPPLG) was established in June 2024 to provide national multi-agency leadership of public protection in Scotland.
Its remit includes child protection, adult support and protection, violence against women and girls, multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA), alcohol and drug related harm/deaths, and suicide prevention. It also has an interest in missing persons, homelessness, human trafficking and exploitation, and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
The group meets quarterly and will:
- act as a multi-agency forum to drive continuous improvement of public protection arrangements through creating a supportive environment for the sharing of best practice and the development of national initiatives
- help bring more coherence and simplification to public protection policy, as well as ensuring its interconnectivity with related activity on prevention and early intervention
Members
- Angela Scott, chair of the NPPLG, SOLACE representative and Chief Executive of Aberdeen City Council
- Elaine Torrance, chair of the national Adult Support and Protection (ASP) Conveners group and Independent Convener of Dundee Adult Protection Committee
- Tam Baillie, Child Protection Committees (CPC) Scotland
- Alison White, Chair of West Lothian ADP
- Carron McDiarmid, Independent Chair of Highland ADP
- Tracey McFall, Independent Chair of Argyll and Bute ADP
- Sophie Gwyther, Violence Against Women and Girls Partnerships (VAWP) and chair of the national Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) network, member of the Equally Safe Joint Strategic Board, and lead officer for Dundee City VAWP
- Lynsey Smith, Glasgow MAPPA Strategic Oversight Groups (SOG)
- Julie White, NHS Board Chief Executives representation and Chief Executive of NHS Dumfries and Galloway
- Fiona Duncan, Chief Social Work Officers representation and Chief Social Work Officer for Highland
- DCS Sarah Taylor, Head of Public Protection at Police Scotland
- Jon Henderson, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service representation and Assistant Chief Officer, Director of Prevention, Protection and Preparedness
- Nicola Dickie, CoSLA representation and Director of People Policy at CoSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities)
- Donna Bell, Director of Social Care and National Care Service Development, Scottish Government
- Andrew Watson, Director for Children and Families, Scottish Government
- Iona Colvin, Chief Social Work Adviser, Scottish Government
- Sinead Power, Unit Head, Public Protection, Scottish Government
- Jackie Irvine, representing scrutiny, inspection and investigation bodies and Chief Executive of the Care Inspectorate
- Jennifer Wilson, Scottish Executive Nurse Directors representation and Nurse Director at NHS Ayrshire and Arran
- Joanna McDonald, Integrated Joint Board (IJB), representation and Interim Chief Officer/Director of Clackmannanshire and Stirling IJB
- Lesley Brown, Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES) representation and Executive Director at East Lothian Council
- Haylis Smith, National Delivery Lead, National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group