Programme for Government
All you need to know about our Programme for Government which sets out the actions we will take in the coming year and beyond.
Health and social care
Policies
- Alcohol and drugs
- Child protection
- Death and end of life
- Disabled people
- Food and drink
- Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC)
- Gypsy/Travellers
- Health improvement
- Health workforce
- Healthcare standards
- Illnesses and long-term conditions
- Independent living
- Maternal and child health
- Mental health
- Physical activity and sport
- Primary care services
- Science and research
- Smoking and vaping
- Social care
Featured
NHS pay rates
NHS Scotland pay band information, including Agenda for Change staff.
National Care Service
Information about the establishment of a National Care Service to ensure the delivery of consistent and high standards in health and social care services.
Publications
Future Medical Workforce Project: phase 1 report
11 December 2025
Future Pandemic Preparedness Ministerial Oversight Group minutes: January 2025
11 December 2025
Minimum alcohol pricing (MUP) revenue: FOI release
10 December 2025
Consultations
Statistics and research
Residential rehabilitation bed capacity in Scotland, October 2025
02 December 2025
Infrastructure investment plan 2021-22 to 2025-26: lessons learned
19 November 2025
Ethnic and racialised inequalities in cancer services: evidence review
19 November 2025
News
Resilience committee meets to discuss winter flu
Hospital admissions rise as cases continue to increase.
Doctors shape vision for future medical workforce
Report sets out views on how the profession could change over next two decades.
Displaced adult social care workers support
£500,000 fund opens to help remove employment barriers.
People and directorates
Cabinet Secretary and Ministers
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Neil Gray MSP
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Maree Todd MSP
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Tom Arthur MSP
Directorates
- Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
- Chief Medical Officer Directorate
- Chief Nursing Officer Directorate
- Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate
- Children and Families Directorate
- Early Learning and Childcare Directorate
- Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
- Health Workforce Directorate
- Health and Social Care Finance Directorate
- Justice Directorate
- Learning Directorate
- Local Government and Housing Directorate
- Marine Directorate
- Mental Health Directorate
- Population Health Directorate
- Primary Care Directorate
- Social Care and National Care Service Development