Annexe B - Extract from SPICe Briefing on Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
Table 3: Proposed Commissioners - Potential OverlapRemit*Potential Overlap -CommissionersPotential Overlap -Public BodiesPatient Safety CommissionerThe commissioner's role is to advocate for systemic improvements in healthcare safety and to promote the importance of patient and public input, including gathering information, making recommendations, and fostering coordination among healthcare providers.Scottish Public Services OmbudsmanEquality and Human Rights CommissionHealthcare Improvement ScotlandVictims and Witnesses CommissionerThe commissioner's role is to protect and promote the rights of victims and witnesses, advance their voices, influence change, ensure that criminal justice agencies meet their responsibilities under the Victims' Code, and abstain from championing or intervening in individual cases.Scottish Public Services OmbudsmanCommunity Justice ScotlandPolice Investigations & Review CommissionerScottish Police AuthorityScottish Criminal Cases Review CommissionDisability CommissionerThe commissioner's role is to promote and safeguard the rights of disabled people, advocate for them at a national level, review laws, policies, and practices related to their rights, promote best practices among service providers, and conduct investigations into service providers related to matters within the remit of the devolved institutions, focusing on how they have addressed the rights, views, and interests of disabled people.Scottish Commission for Human RightsLearning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity Commissioner / CommissionEquality and Human Rights CommissionIndependent Living Fund ScotlandThe Mental Welfare Commission for ScotlandPoverty and Inequality CommissionMobility and Access CommitteeOlder People’s CommissionerThe commissioner's role is to raise awareness of the interests of older people in Scotland, promote opportunities for, and eliminate discrimination against, older people, encourage best practice in their treatment, review the adequacy and effectiveness of laws affecting their interests, and undertake investigations into how service providers consider the rights, interests, and views of older people in decisions and work related to devolved matters.Scottish Commission for Human RightsEquality and Human Rights CommissionIndependent Living Fund ScotlandPoverty and Inequality CommissionWellbeing and Sustainable Development CommissionerThe role of the Commissioner is to ensure compliance with the proposed Bill, hold public bodies accountable, oversee relevant Acts, provide advice, make recommendations, and contribute to legislative reviews and reform, with a focus on achieving the National Outcomes and meeting the values and aspirations of the people of Scotland.Future Generations CommissionerHighlands and Islands EnterpriseScottish Law CommissionPoverty and Inequality CommissionScottish Futures TrustFuture Generations CommissionerThe role of the commissioner, who acting on behalf of future generations would be empowered to hold public bodies, including Ministers, to account as well as provide support in relation to the delivery of wellbeing, sustainable development, and future generations outcomes.Wellbeing and Sustainable Development CommissionerHighlands and Islands EnterprisePoverty and Inequality CommissionScottish Futures TrustLearning Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity Commissioner / CommissionThe role of the Commissioner is to oversee the protection of the rights of individuals with learning disabilities and autism, ensure compliance with new laws, and address concerns related to policy implementation, thereby promoting inclusivity and support for neurodivergent individuals in Scotland.Scottish Commission for Human RightsDisability CommissionerIndependent Living Fund ScotlandThe Mental Welfare Commission for ScotlandPoverty and Inequality CommissionMobility and Access Committee for Scotland* The list is not exhaustive of the activities in which the Commissioner might engage.