Common use of Mental Health Strategy Clause in Contracts

Mental Health Strategy. This strategy outlines Scotland's approach to improving mental health and well-being, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment. The Care and Wellbeing Portfolio is the overall strategic reform policy and delivery framework within Health and Social Care. It brings oversight and coherence to the major health and care reform programmes designed to improve population health, address health inequalities and improve health and care system sustainability. Scotland continues to face significant population health challenges: stalling (and in some groups falling) healthy life expectancy, and widening levels of inequality, exacerbated by COVID-19. In addition, the pandemic has further increased demand on health and care services. Improving health requires improved system sustainability and, even more critically, improved outcomes in the wider factors that create health – good early years; learning, jobs; income; and supportive communities. The Portfolio provides an opportunity to take a systematic approach to planning and delivering care and wellbeing. Portfolio objectives focus on coherence, sustainability and improved outcomes both within health and care, and across government, with the overall goal of improving population health and reducing health inequalities. Furthermore, the recent Health Foundation report ‘Leave no one behind’i clearly highlights that despite undoubted policy ambition, effective implementation has fallen short with inequalities persisting and growing across Scotland. Most importantly, the report recognises that change requires practical, up and downstream collaboration and action across all parts of the delivery system and from the public. More than ever this emphasises the need for collective action. Public Health Scotland context ‘A Scotland where everybody thrives’ is the overarching ambition of Public Health Scotland’s Strategic Plan 2022–2025, which focuses on increasing healthy life expectancy and reducing health inequalities. The Strategic Plan sets out a clear commitment to collaborative working in recognition that no one organisation or profession can address Scotland’s public health challenge. Public Health Scotland has a leadership role in, and contributes to, all of Scotland’s public health priorities. Public Health Scotland will focus on three areas: i xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xx/publications/leave-no-one-behind • Prevent disease • Prolong health life • Promote health & wellbeing

Mental Health Strategy. This strategy outlines Scotland's approach to improving mental health and well-being, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment. The Care and Wellbeing Portfolio is the overall strategic reform policy and delivery framework within Health and Social Care. It brings oversight and coherence to the major health and care reform programmes designed to improve population health, address health inequalities and improve health and care system sustainability. Scotland continues to face significant population health challenges: stalling (and in some groups falling) healthy life expectancy, and widening levels of inequality, exacerbated by COVID-19. In addition, the pandemic has further increased demand on health and care services. Improving health requires improved system sustainability and, even more critically, improved outcomes in the wider factors that create health – good early years; learning, jobs; income; and supportive communities. The Portfolio provides an opportunity to take a systematic approach to planning and delivering care and wellbeing. Portfolio objectives focus on coherence, sustainability and improved outcomes both within health and care, and across government, with the overall goal of improving population health and reducing health inequalities. Furthermore, the recent Health Foundation report ‘Leave no one behind’i behind’ i clearly highlights that despite undoubted policy ambition, effective implementation has fallen short with inequalities persisting and growing across Scotland. Most importantly, the report recognises that change requires practical, up and downstream collaboration and action across all parts of the delivery system and from the public. More than ever this emphasises the need for collective action. Public Health Scotland context ‘A Scotland where everybody thrives’ is the overarching ambition of Public Health Scotland’s Strategic Plan 2022–2025, which focuses on increasing healthy life expectancy and reducing health inequalities. The Strategic Plan sets out a clear commitment to collaborative working in recognition that no one organisation or profession can address Scotland’s public health challenge. Public Health Scotland has a leadership role in, and contributes to, all of Scotland’s public health priorities. Public Health Scotland will focus on three areas: i xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xx/publications/leave-no-one-behind • Prevent disease • Prolong health life • Promote health & wellbeing

Mental Health Strategy. This strategy outlines Scotland's approach to improving mental health and well-being, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment. The Care and Wellbeing Portfolio is the overall strategic reform policy and delivery framework within Health and Social Care. It brings oversight and coherence to the major health and care reform programmes designed to improve population health, address health inequalities and improve health and care system sustainability. Scotland continues to face significant population health challenges: stalling (and in some groups falling) healthy life expectancy, and widening levels of inequality, exacerbated by COVID-19. In addition, the pandemic has further increased demand on health and care services. Improving health requires improved system sustainability and, even more critically, improved outcomes in the wider factors that create health – good early years; learning, jobs; income; and supportive communities. The Portfolio provides an opportunity to take a systematic approach to planning and delivering care and wellbeing. Portfolio objectives focus on coherence, sustainability and improved outcomes both within health and care, and across government, with the overall goal of improving population health and reducing health inequalities. Furthermore, the recent Health Foundation report ‘Leave no one behind’i clearly highlights that despite undoubted policy ambition, effective implementation has fallen short with inequalities persisting and growing across Scotland. Most importantly, the report recognises that change requires practical, up and downstream collaboration and action across all parts of the delivery system and from the public. More than ever this emphasises the need for collective action. Public Health Scotland context ‘A Scotland where everybody thrives’ is the overarching ambition of Public Health Scotland’s Strategic Plan 2022–2025, which focuses on increasing healthy life expectancy and reducing health inequalities. The Strategic Plan sets out a clear commitment to collaborative working in recognition that no one organisation or profession can address Scotland’s public health challenge. Public Health Scotland has a leadership role in, and contributes to, all of Scotland’s public health priorities. Public Health Scotland will focus on three areas: i xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xx/publications/leave-no-one-behind • Prevent disease • Prolong health life • Promote health & wellbeing

Mental Health Strategy. This strategy outlines Scotland's approach to improving mental health and well-being, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment. The Care and Wellbeing Portfolio is the overall strategic reform policy and delivery framework within Health and Social Care. It brings oversight and coherence to the major health and care reform programmes designed to improve population health, address health inequalities and improve health and care system sustainability. Scotland continues to face significant population health challenges: stalling (and in some groups falling) healthy life expectancy, and widening levels of inequality, exacerbated by COVID-19. In addition, the pandemic has further increased demand on health and care services. Improving health requires improved system sustainability and, even more critically, improved outcomes in the wider factors that create health – good early years; learning, jobs; income; and supportive communities. The Portfolio provides an opportunity to take a systematic approach to planning and delivering care and wellbeing. Portfolio objectives focus on coherence, sustainability and improved outcomes both within health and care, and across government, with the overall goal of improving population health and reducing health inequalities. Furthermore, the recent Health Foundation report ‘Leave no one behind’i behind’ i clearly highlights that despite undoubted policy ambition, effective implementation has fallen short with inequalities persisting and growing across Scotland. Most importantly, the report recognises that change requires practical, up and downstream collaboration and action across all parts of the delivery system and from the public. More than ever this emphasises the need for collective action. Public Health Scotland context ‘A Scotland where everybody thrives’ is the overarching ambition of Public Health Scotland’s Strategic Plan 2022–2025, which focuses on increasing healthy life expectancy and reducing health inequalities. The Strategic Plan sets out a clear commitment to collaborative working in recognition that no one organisation or profession can address Scotland’s public health challenge. Public Health Scotland has a leadership role in, and contributes to, all of Scotland’s public health priorities. Public Health Scotland will focus on three areas: i xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xx/publications/leave-no-one-behind • Prevent disease • Prolong health life • Promote health & wellbeing