Question reference: S6W-13386
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 20 December 2022
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Current status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 10 January 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Mental Health Foundation report, Thriving Learners, published in November 2022, including the section on mental health experiences.
Answer
The research laid out in the Mental Health Foundation’s report, ‘Thriving Learners: Initial Findings from Scottish Colleges' together with the Initial Findings from Scottish HEIs, published in November 2021, will inform the Student Mental Health Plan. This Plan is being taken forward by the Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Working Group, and will be published in Spring 2023. The Plan will be shaped by a range of research, evidence and good practice, including the publications mentioned above as well as the NUS Scotland Think Positive Initiative and good practice examples of collaboration between the sector and NHS Scotland on referral pathways.
The Plan will also be aligned with a range of recently published Scottish Government strategies such as the Government’s Suicide Prevention Strategy – ‘Creating Hope Together’, the emerging Self Harm Strategy and the wider Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy.