Question reference: S6W-07146
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 9 March 2022
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 March 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting NHS boards to plan for and develop forensic community mental health teams.
Answer
The Independent Review into the delivery of Forensic Mental Health Services in Scotland, published at the end of February 2021, made 67 recommendations for improvements to the delivery of forensic mental health services, including several on community forensic mental health.
The Scottish Government supports the recommendations of the review, agrees that community provision is a crucial component of the forensic mental health system and that forensic community mental health teams are key to supporting mental wellbeing in the community. Recommendations 18 and 19 of the Review recommend that work be undertaken to define the service remit of community forensic mental health teams and to ensure they are appropriately resourced to meet demand. The Forensic Mental Health Services Managed Care Network is gathering information on current provision to establish a baseline to take this work forward.