Mental Health and Wellbeing Leadership Board: delivery progress report 3 - February 2025

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

Action 8

Health Boards will be expected to use the Mental Health Outcomes Framework 2023/24 funding to plan and deliver services, in partnership with their workforce and local communities, and ensure support that will deliver against the outcomes in Framework, and by extension the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and this Action Plan.

8.1 This will include Boards providing updates to Scottish Government on the implementation of their commitments, including those within their 3 Year Workforce Plans, via the Annual Delivery Plan and other agreed reporting mechanisms.

8.2 Explore the potential across the system to enable and encourage cross-sector working, supporting innovative and different ways of working, and removing barriers.

• Outcomes Framework expanded to include all key funding that goes to Health Bards from Mental Health Directorate, giving Boards more scope to use the funding flexibly to meet local needs. Aim is to baseline this from 2025/26 to give more certainty for staffing.

Action 22

Scottish Government will develop a resource toolkit for Mental Health Unscheduled Care Practitioners, responsible for providing unplanned and emergency mental health care and support, to increase awareness of the range of options available to support individuals.

• Resources to support and improve people's mental health and wellbeing - Mental health unscheduled care services: resources published on 20 December 2024.

Action 30

We will deliver on our New Dementia Strategy for Scotland, and its ambition to improve the training and education on offer for the workforce, through our initial 2-year delivery plan. This will build on good practice established through the Promoting Excellence Framework.

Action 32

The Digitally Enabled Workforce programme will work with our colleges and universities to shape the future workforce by ensuring curricula prepares students for a digitally enabled health and social care environment and produces graduates of the future for whom digital is a core skill.

• The Thriving in a Digital Age Pathways launched 1 October 2024.
• We have been engaging with our partners and networks across health and social care to seek suggestions and further develop content for the Digital Age Pathways that will include topics on Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security.

Action 47

Gain a better understanding of the implications of new legislation and policy developments such as Health & Social Care (HSC) Act and professional standards and how it impacts HSC staff wellbeing. This will include developing the Mental Health & Learning Disability (MHLD) inpatient staffing tool and new policy commitments across the mental health and wellbeing strategy.

Action 49

Update the resource pack which was developed to support staff working as part of a multi-disciplinary team within MH&W in Primary Care Service. It brings together a range of national resources and tools that support and improve mental health and wellbeing.

• The Mental Health Wellbeing in Primary Care Services resource update was published on 20 December 2024.