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Psychiatry Recruitment and Retention Working Group: final report

Last updated: 2 February 2026 - see all updates
From: Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, +3 more … Director of Health Workforce, Director of Mental Health, Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing
Directorate: Mental Health Directorate, +1 more … Health Workforce Directorate
Topic: Health and social care, Public sector
ISBN: 9781836916581

Sets out a series of recommendations that aims to support a sustainable psychiatric workforce in NHS Scotland.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1 Reasons why some UK medical graduates who initially choose psychiatry do not pursue it as a long-term career. — Department of Psychiatry

2 Repositioning psychiatry in medical school curricula: a study of medical students’ attitudes - Enlighten Publications

Contact

Email: MHWorkforceUnscheduledPrimaryCare@gov.scot

First published: 23 June 2025
Last updated: 2 February 2026 - show all updates
All updates: 2 February 2026
On 17 December, the Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing wrote to Working Group members to provide a formal Scottish Government’s response to the report’s recommendations.

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