Reading Time: 10 minutesThe Care Reform (Scotland) Bill started life as the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill in 2022. This blog will provide some background to the passage
Tag: Health
Health performance
Reading Time: < 1 minutePerformance standards are set and agreed between the Scottish Government and NHS Boards to provide assurance on NHS Scotland performance. This dashboard presents up-to-date statistics for all
The Final Countdown to election 2026: Programme for Government 2025-26 – Building the Best Future for Scotland
Reading Time: 26 minutesThis extended, long-read blogpost provides a summary of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2025-26 and highlights areas that are likely to be of particular interest to MSPs and the Parliament over the next year.
Private healthcare in Scotland FAQs – update April 2025
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog provides an update to our previous blog on private healthcare use in Scotland.
Sport and Physical Activity Participation and Policy in Scotland: What, How, and Why?
Reading Time: 4 minutesScotland’s concern with physical activity (PA) has been apparent ever since the establishment of the devolved Government in 1999, when the white paper, “Towards a
Community Link Workers in Scotland
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog explores the role of community link workers in Scotland. It begins by outlining what community link workers are, how many are currently working
Access to diabetes technology in ScotlandÂ
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog examines access to diabetes technology in Scotland. It summarises what diabetes is and its prevalence in Scotland, before outlining the different types of
The Thistle: Glasgow’s New Safer Drug Consumption Facility
Reading Time: 7 minutesOn 13th January 2025, Glasgow opened the United Kingdom’s first Safer Drug Consumption Facility, The Thistle. This blog post outlines key information about Safer Drug
How is Scotland Performing?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog looks at how Scotland is performing against the 81 National Indicators in the National Performance Framework.
Whatever happened to NHS performance reporting?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Scottish Government assesses NHS performance via a performance contract with NHS Boards. The Local Delivery Plan (LDP) guidance 2015-16 set out the LDP standards,