Leadership Board - Fifth meeting: MHWB Strategy and Delivery Plan Progress Report

Actions Delivered Since Last Reporting Period and Known Achievements/Impacts/Learning

Action 25 (section 3.2)

SSSC is developing resource focusing on anti-discriminatory practice in social work.

Action 34 (section 3.5)

34.1 Maintain increased levels of postgraduate student intakes for Psychology Masters and Doctorate Programmes, this includes supporting intakes of more than 80 Doctoral trainees in Clinical Psychology each year with at least 10 per intake with CAMHS aligned places, and increased annual intakes for the MSc in Applied Psychology for Children and Young People of up to 40 and MSc in Psychological Therapies in Primary Care of up to 50. 34.2 Increase the number of available places on the Core Psychiatry training programme through the Scottish Shape of Training Transition Group (SSoTTG). 15 additional spaces are being made available in 2023. The SSoTTG will consider the need for further uplifts as part of its annual review of medical training establishments 34.3 Increase the number of available General Practice Specialty Training (GPST) places by 35 in 2023. Further uplifts will be considered by the SSoTTG in the coming years. 34.4 Through the National Scottish Steering Group for Educational Psychologists (NSSGEP), the Scottish Government and COSLA have worked in partnership with key stakeholders within the profession to consider a move to a Doctorate model of training for Educational Psychologists. Agreement in principle to move to a Doctorate model of training has been provided by both the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, and COSLA Leaders. The Scottish Government and COSLA are working closely with Dundee University and the profession to consider further feasibility work to inform the next steps to deliver this shift in approach.

To note, alongside this report please refer to the published Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy - Interim Report.