Mental Health and Wellbeing Leadership Board: delivery plan progress report 4 - September 2025
The fourth progress report assessing the delivery of the strategic actions found within the mental health and wellbeing strategy, the accompanying delivery plan and workforce action plan, including a summary of identified risks and issues.
Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy Delivery Plan 2023-25 - Delivery Plan Progress Overview
The ‘Progress Overview’ is a high-level summary and should be considered alongside the full list of actions/wording - Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy Delivery Plan 2023-2025.
Priority 1 – Tackle mental health stigma & discrimination
Strategic Action: 1.1 Stigma & discrimination.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 40% Delivered, 40% On Track, 20% Off Track
Priority 2 – Improve population mental health & wellbeing
Strategic Action: 2.1 Wellbeing advice, resources and support.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 80% Delivered, 20% At Risk
Strategic Action: 2.2 Expand digital therapies and resource.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 33.3% On Track, 33.3.% Missed Delivery Date No Risk, 33.3% At Risk
Strategic Action: 2.3 Lived experience in workforce, & peer support.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 50% On Track, 50% Missed with No Risk
Strategic Action: 2.4 Trauma informed workforce.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 75% Delivered, 25% Missed Delivery Date No Risk
Strategic Action: 2.5 Role of employability services in MHWB.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 80% Delivered, 20% On Track
Strategic Action: 2.6 Enhanced mental health support in educational settings.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 40% Delivered, 40% At Risk, 20% On Track
Strategic Action: 2.7. Learning disability & autism leadership work.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 100% Delivered
Priority 3 - Increase mental health capacity within GPs, PCC
Strategic Action: 3.1 Community based mental health support & services CYP.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 67% Delivered, 33% At Risk
Strategic Action: 3.2 Build capacity in local services and third sector community groups.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 75% Delivered, 25% On Track
Strategic Action: 3.3 Shift the balance of care to community.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 67% Delivered, 33% At Risk
Priority 4 - Support to people in distress and crisis
Strategic Action: 4.1 Implementing Y1 Action Plan of Creating Hope Together Strategy.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 100% On Track
Strategic Action: 4.2 Publication of Joint SG/COSLA Self Harm Strategy & Action Plan.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 100% On Track
Strategic Action: 4.3 Full national coverage of Distress Brief Intervention Programme.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 33% Delivered, 67% On Track
Strategic Action: 4.4 Trauma informed support for people experiencing distress and crisis.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 25% Delivered, 75% On Track
Strategic Action: 4.5 Improve unplanned and urgent mental health care.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 50% Delivered, 33% On Track, 17% On Track
Priority 5 – Tackling social determinants & equalities
Strategic Action: 5.1 Cross-governmental action.
Overall RAG: At Risk
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 25% Delivered, 25% On Track, 25% Delivery Date Missed No Risk, 25% Off Track
Strategic Action: 5.2 Best Start, Bright Futures Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 100% Delivered
Priority 6 – Improve MHWB support and reduce waiting times for CAMHS and Psychological Therapies
Strategic Action: 6.1 CAMHS & PT waiting times standards
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 100% Delivered
Strategic Action: 6.2 Implementation of Mental Health core standards for Mental Health Services.
Overall RAG: At Risk
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 67% Delivered, 33% Off Track
Strategic Action: 6.3 Develop integrated pathways in line with GIRFEC and GIRFE.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 33.3% Delivered, 33.3% On Track, 33.3% At Risk
Strategic Action: 6.4 Self-improving systems and benchmarking data.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 50% Delivered, 50% On Track
Strategic Action: 6.5 Reporting and use of information on patient journeys, protected characteristics, outcomes and experiences for those accessing services.
Overall RAG: At Risk
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 20% Delivered, 40% On Track, 20% At Risk, 20% Off Track
Strategic Action: 6.6 Reform of Adults with Incapacity (AWI) Legislation.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 100% Delivered
Priority 7 - Ensure quality of care and treatment, timely access, closer to home.
Strategic Action: 7.1 Answering Audit Scotland’s Adult Mental Health Report and action to improvement of the oversight and governance, planning and delivery.
Overall RAG: At Risk
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 60% On Track, 20% Off Track, 20% Delivery Date Missed No Risk
Strategic Action: 7.2 Ensure the mental health-built estate enables the delivery of high quality, person centred and safe care.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 100% On Track
Priority 8 - Continue to improve support for those in the forensic mental health system
Strategic Action: 8.1 Reform in forensic mental health services, including progressing issues identified by the Independent Review (Barron).
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 75% On Track, 25% Off Track
Priority 9 - Strengthen support and care pathways for people requiring neurodevelopmental support.
Strategic Action: 9.1 Work with partners to strengthen support, care, and treatment pathways across the lifespan for neurodiverse children, young people, and adults.
Overall RAG: At Risk
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 50% Delivered, 16.6% On Track, 16.6% At Risk, 16.6% Off Track
Strategic Action: 9.2 Improve the MHWB of people with learning and intellectual disabilities.
Overall RAG: At Risk
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 50% Delivered, 25% On Track, 25% Delivery date missed with risk
Strategic Action: 9.3 Enshrine a human right based approach for people with ND in legislation.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 100% Delivered
Priority 10 - Reduce the risk by promoting good relationships and trauma-informed approaches
Strategic Action: 10.1 Through GIRFEC approach throughout the lifespan.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 40% Delivered, 40% On Track, 20% At Risk
Strategic Action: 10.2 Invest in and embed perinatal and infant mental health services.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 66.7% Delivered, 33.3% On Track
Strategic Action: 10.3 Work with survivors to provide services to those who have experienced childhood abuse.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 66.7% On Track, 33.3% At Risk
Strategic Action: 10.4 Develop and launch our initial 2-year delivery plan for our new Dementia Strategy for Scotland.
Overall RAG: On Track
Sub-Action Delivery RAG: 100% Delivered