Coming Home Action Plan 2026

3. Coming Home Short Life Working Group

The Coming Home Short Life Working Group (SLWG) was established in July 2025 for six months to drive progress towards the Coming Home vision and mission for people with learning disabilities and complex needs (see Appendix 1 for full list of members). During this time, the SLWG was tasked to develop an action plan to build on earlier work, and to identify and prioritise short-term actions which could be implemented immediately by securing buy-in from partners and supporting them to deliver. The SLWG was also tasked with recommending longer-term actions across the whole system and how human rights approaches could be progressed.

The SLWG included a range of representatives from across sectors who met monthly to update on work underway, and to agree priorities and direction of travel. Seven themes were identified as important to achieving progress, and these were set up as individual subgroups covering:

• Dynamic Support Register data
• National Support Panel
• Redesign of Learning Disability Inpatient Services
• People in hospital for 10 years or more
• Housing availability, suitability and sustainability
• Skilling up and strengthening community services
• Collaborative approach to commissioning services

The subgroups worked with a range of stakeholders across these themes, including those with lived experience and representatives from HSCPs across Scotland. Through this fast-paced work, a number of actions have already been addressed and future actions have been identified for further development.