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Additional programme information

Please find additional information about the programme below. 

 

Mental Health and Substance Use: Protocol Programme Commission

This work is commissioned by Scottish Government and is funded up to the end of March 2026.

 

Equality impact assessment

To ensure everyone can benefit regardless of their characteristics or where they access care, we completed an Equality Impact Assessment. This highlights key equality issues that were considered and any actions we took in relation to them. To view our Equality Impact Assessment please email his.mhportfolio@nhs.scot.

 

Programme History 

2022 – 2024 – Mental Health and Substance Use: Improving our Response

The aim of the Mental Health and Substance Use: Improving our Response programme was to improve quality of care and health outcomes for people with a dual diagnosis of mental ill health and substance use in Scotland. The programme supported the prototyping of new models and pathways of care, with a view to spreading good practice, innovation and learning about “what works” Scotland-wide. It expanded on existing work in NHS Tayside, to develop and test an integrated approach to mental health and substance use, to four other health boards; NHS Grampian, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Lothian.  

Continue reading: End of Programme report.

2021 - 2022 – Dundee: The Integrated Mental Health and Substance Use Pathfinder

The mental health and substance use programme began in NHS Tayside as The Integrated Mental Health and Substance Use Pathfinder programme. This aimed to redesigned care pathways to improve quality of care and health outcomes for people with mental health and substance use support needs.
The programme of work was developed in response to recommendations by Dundee Drugs Commission and The Independent Review of Mental Health Services.

Continue reading our key findings and documents: