Mental Health in Scotland: Closing the Gaps - Making a Difference: Commitment 13

Performance Management/Delivery

The agenda set for agencies within the recommendations will now form part of the performance management function being taken forward through the process established to oversee the delivery and implementation of the published targets and commitments for Mental Health . A relevant section on local joint progress, plans, timetable and outcomes for this agenda will be added to the Implementation Review process from 2008 onwards. NHS Boards and partner agencies will be expected to evidence progress against the recommendations within the report. The documentation exchanges and outcome report from all Implementation Review visits and discussions that take place will be published to allow all with an interest to monitor progress locally, regionally and nationally.

As part of this process the current (2007) Benchmarking project will monitor progress and develop a set of core definitions to allow information to be collected more uniformly across Scotland in order that services and outcomes can be measured for effectively in the future.