Chamber and committees

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-08581 on 24 April 2017. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-08581 on 24 April 2017. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

The Scottish Government is currently working towards implementing the provisions of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015. This contains several measures which strengthen the provisions in the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 that promote and protect service users’ rights. It also includes giving service users more control over their representation and strengthening the position of advance statements and advocacy which help service users express their will and preferences.

During the passage of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 2015, the Scottish Government committed to undertake a review to determine whether the provisions of the 2003 Act fulfil the needs of people with learning disability and autism. A scoping exercise has been concluded and work is underway to appoint a Chairperson to lead this review. It will be for the Chairperson to decide on an engagement strategy which will include gathering evidence for the review in a variety of ways.

Alongside the review, there is also the ongoing work relating to Adults With Incapacity legislation. It would therefore be inappropriate to consider wider changes to mental health legislation until these pieces of work have concluded.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-08581 on 24 April 2017. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-08581 on 24 April 2017. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-08581 on 24 April 2017. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

Scottish Government officials are currently developing a series of proposals for reform of the Adults with Incapacity legislation based on the recommendations for change which arose from the Scottish Government's consultation on the Scottish Law Commission's report on Adults with Incapacity which was carried out last year. In May and June these proposals will be discussed informally with a wide range of stakeholders and service users. Following this further work will be done to refine the proposals before a full public consultation which will take place in the autumn of 2017.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-08581 on 24 April 2017. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

We are working actively with Lloyds Partnership Drugs Initiative (PDI) and other partners to fully realise the five recommendations that were directed towards the Scottish Government within the Everyone Has a Story Overview Report. A further 45 recommendations were directed towards practitioners, local decision makers and to the PDI itself.

On 10 November 2016, Minister for Health and Sport, Aileen Campbell MSP, met with the Chief Executive of Lloyds PDI specifically to discuss implementation of the recommendations. The Scottish Government and Lloyds PDI subsequently co-produced a tri-partite programme of work to boost both immediate and longer term progression with the recommendations, including embedding improved practice within Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (ADP) areas. In 2017-18 this programme will be directly supported by Scottish Government funding of £247,000, to be supplemented by support in kind from Lloyds PDI and ADP partners.

The Transforming Trauma Knowledge and Skill Framework is expected to be published shortly. The Framework will equip practitioners working in the statutory and voluntary sectors with the knowledge and skills to be able to identify risk of abuse and be able to respond in a way which will enable positive outcomes for survivors of abuse and trauma. A National Training Plan will then be developed and implemented over the following two years and reviewed in 2019. The NHS Education Scotland website has a webpage dedicated to this and outlines the aims and intentions of the project as well as timescales for completion. This can be found at: http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/education-and-training/by-discipline/psychology/multiprofessional-psychology/national-trauma-training-framework.aspx