Question reference: S6W-08751
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 26 May 2022
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 June 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it is giving to introducing the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism for those working in health and social care in Scotland.
Answer
Action 12 of our Learning/Intellectual Disability and Autism: Towards Transformation Plan committed to explore the establishment of mandatory autism and learning/intellectual disability training for all NHS staff. We will consider how this applies across multi-disciplinary settings and use the evaluation findings from the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training pilot to inform our approach to learning disability and autism training in Scotland.
The Scottish Government has also commissioned NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to develop the NES autism training framework as a tool for services and learners, alongside funding a Learning Disability Team at NES to improve the knowledge and skills of the health and social care workforce.