Strategic Influences
There are several papers and areas of legislation provided by the Scottish Government and professional bodies which provide direction and guidance in terms of service development. These include but are not limited to:
- A National Clinical Strategy for Scotland which provides the overall clinical direction for NHS Scotland.
- Realistic Medicine puts the person receiving health and social care at the centre of decisions about their care.
- Health and Social Care Delivery Plan describes the intent to further enhance health and social care services “so the people of Scotland can live longer, healthier lives at home or in a homely setting.” The document also describes the delivery methodology which in turn will influence our approach within this document.
- Mental Health Strategy 2017 – 2027 which describes a 10 year vision for the Scottish Governments approach to mental health.
- Nursing 2030 Vision was issued by the Chief Nursing Officer Scotland and provides direction on the way forward for Nursing in context of the 2020 Vision. The main elements are; personalising care, preparing nurses for future needs and roles, supporting nurses.
- Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill (2019) which aims to make sure there are correct levels of staffing for NHS Scotland and care service providers.
- Transforming Nursing, Midwifery and Health Professions’ Roles was issued by the Chief Nursing Officer Scotland and is about preparing a nursing workforce that will be ready and able to meet people's needs as we move towards 2030. It achieves this through focusing effort on the key themes that emerged from a national engagement process, the direction of travel for health and social care policy in Scotland, and national and international evidence. It means personalising care preparing nurses for future needs and roles supporting nurses.
- Excellence in Care covers nursing and midwifery in all hospitals and community services, from A&E to mental health, and care of older people to children's services.
- Maternity and Children Quality Improvement Collaborative is an element of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme which aims to support clinical teams in Scotland to improve outcomes and reduce avoidable harm by 30% in Maternity, Neonatal and Paediatric settings.
- The Scottish Government’s Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027 sets out to improve prevention and early intervention, access to treatment, and joined up accessible services, the physical wellbeing of people with mental health problems and rights, information use and planning.
- Framework supporting people through Recovery and Rehabilitation during and after Covid-19 Pandemic.
- Scottish Access Collaborative which aims to sustainably improve waiting times for patients waiting for non-emergency procedures.
- Neurological care and support framework for action 2020-2025 which sets out a vision for driving improvement in the care and support for those with neurology conditions in Scotland.
- Managing the long-term effect of Covid-19 which is SIGN guidance covering care of people who have signs and symptoms that develop during or after an infection that is consistent with Covid-19 and continue for more than 4 weeks.
In addition, there are the following related strategies: