Fatal Accident Inquiries: Ministerial Accountability Board - work plan

September meeting - suicide prevention

Lived experience engagement 

• guest attendance: bereaved family member

Progress report

• thematic focus: suicide prevention

Guest speaker

• Professor Graham Towl to present findings from the independent review of Talk to Me

Reform integration

• SPS attend to provide updates on items in use, bedding and Talk to Me
• discussion on how MAB can support SPS in overhauling and replacing Talk to Me 
• discussion on ‘items in use’ and how this interacts with other reforms, including Talk to Me

Site visit reflections

• member reflections on visit to HMPYOI Polmont (HMP Stirling session scheduled for October)

NB: Due to time constraints, an additional session on the HMIPS inspection of Polmont will be arranged outside the September Board. HMIPS will brief the Cabinet Secretary directly, with a separate session for MAB members, supported by their August inspection report.

November meeting - information sharing

Progress report 

• thematic focus: information sharing

Action owner updates from Scottish Government, SCTS, SPS and Forth Valley Health Board 

• update on progress related to information sharing across all recommendations/commitments

• assurances on completed actions

February meeting - systematic change

Progress report

• thematic focus: systematic change

Reserve slot for potential guest speaker (to be confirmed)

Attendance from SPS 

• culture change 

Action owner attendance from Scottish Government

• update on establishment of National Oversight Model and link in with MAB legacy
• update on pursuing lifting of Crown Immunity
• update on Family Advocacy
• update on information sharing work progress from November. 

March meeting - bullying prevention

Meeting to take place in Polmont.

Opportunity for members to see implementation of reforms first-hand

Action owner update – SPS

• progress on the review of the Think Twice bullying prevention strategy

April meeting

Meeting is dependent on pre-election period guidance.

Wrap-up of board – matters likely covered via correspondence

Confirmation of board’s status during election