Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, following the publication of the final report of the Independent Oversight and Assurance Group on Tayside's Mental Health Services, Trust and Respect, how it will ensure that Tayside Mental Health Services has the resource it needs to further improve the delivery of the recommendations contained in the report.
The Scottish Government will continue to support sustainable change and improvements in Tayside, to ensure the safe and effective delivery of mental health services.
To ensure that Tayside Mental Health Services have the resources needed to deliver on the recommendations contained in the Oversight Group’s Final Report, the Scottish Government will provide access to advice from Professional Advisors and Senior Officials in the Mental Health Directorate as partners in Tayside develop a detailed improvement plan. The plan will contain clear milestones and deliverables which progress key areas for action.
More widely, the Scottish Government has increased financial resources across Scotland, with NHS Mental Health expenditure rising from £1.1bn in 2019-20 to £1.25bn in 2020-21: an increase of £172m.