Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Delivery Plan sets out our priorities and actions to help us achieve our vision of a Scotland, free from stigma and inequality, where everyone fulfils their right to achieve the best mental health and wellbeing possible.
Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation
Following the publication of the Strategy and previous Delivery Plan in 2023, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Leadership Board (Leadership Board) was set up to oversee the implementation of and track progress of the Delivery Plan.
Membership of the Leadership Board represents the views of delivery partners across the whole system as well as those with lived experience. This Board will continue to support the delivery of the Strategy and actions laid out in this plan. It will also connect to governance structures supporting reform, ensuring mental health service reform is aligned with that of the wider system.
The Leadership Board is currently supported by two advisory groups:
- The Diverse Experience Advisory Panel
- Equalities and Human Rights Forum
The Diverse Experiences Advisory Panel (DEAP) is a lived experience panel made up of people whose experiences of inequality and disadvantage influence their mental health, wellbeing, and access to services.
DEAP members have brought invaluable expertise drawn from their lived experiences as well as, and combined with, extensive expertise drawn from their professional, voluntary, community and personal lives. Members also provide valuable insight into how systems, services and policies operate in practice across Scotland, including where they create, reinforce, or fail to address barriers.
The Equalities and Human Rights Forum (EHRF) includes organisations representing different protected characteristics, marginalised groups and equality considerations, including poverty and human rights; enabling their insights to inform the implementation of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy through meaningful engagement and representation.
An evaluation framework was developed and published by Public Health Scotland in January 2026, setting out a 10 year staged approach to evaluating progress and impact of the Strategy. Alongside this, a Monitoring Framework and an initial monitoring report have been produced. These provide a baseline and early assessment of progress and establish a foundation for ongoing monitoring of outcomes across the lifetime of the Strategy.
In addition to monitoring, during the lifespan of the Strategy and this Delivery Plan, Health and Social Care Analysts in the Scottish Government will take forward evaluation of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, building on Public Health Scotland’s Evaluation Framework and taking account of the wider health and social care reform landscape.