Question reference: S6W-17642
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 3 May 2023
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 15 May 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Delivery Plan will include a commitment to ensure that Social Security Scotland is a fully trauma-informed organisation.
Answer
The forthcoming Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and accompanying Delivery Plan will be evidence-based, informed by lived experience, and underpinned by equality and human rights. The Strategy, and actions contained in the Delivery Plan, will be based on ten core principles, one of which is 'trauma responsive and informed'.