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Scotland's Budget: A Missed Opportunity For Mental Health

Dec 21, 20231 min read

Scotland's Budget: A Missed Opportunity For Mental Health

Scotland’s Mental Health Partnership is extremely disappointed that investment in mental health has not been increased by this week’s...

Partnership calls on Scottish government to meet its mental health funding commitments

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Dec 12, 20232 min read

Partnership calls on Scottish government to meet its mental health funding commitments

Scotland’s leading mental health organisations have called on the Scottish Government to meet its own commitment to increase mental...

Partnership's "Cautious Welcome" For New Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy

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Jun 28, 20232 min read

Partnership's "Cautious Welcome" For New Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy

Scotland’s leading mental health organisations have welcomed the publication of the Scottish Government’s new Mental Health and Wellbeing...

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Jun 8, 20231 min read

SMHP Releases Statement on Kevin Stewart’s Resignation

Scotland’s Mental Health Partnership (SMHP) has released a statement following the resignation of Kevin Stewart MSP from his post as...

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Jun 5, 20232 min read

SMHP Calls For New National Outcome on Mental Health

Scotland’s Mental Health Partnership (SMHP) has called for a new National Outcome to be created for mental health. Responding to the...

Partnership calls on First Minister Candidates to Prioritise Mental Health

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Mar 23, 20231 min read

Partnership calls on First Minister Candidates to Prioritise Mental Health

Scotland’s Mental Health Partnership has written to the three candidates for SNP leader, and therefore likely First Minister. We believe...

Partnership calls on Scottish Government to increase mental health budget for 2023/24

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Jan 26, 20232 min read

Partnership calls on Scottish Government to increase mental health budget for 2023/24

Scotland’s Mental Health Partnership has written to John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister, to call for an increase to the Mental Health...

Paper calling for 'radical change' in mental health policy launched

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Jun 8, 20221 min read

Paper calling for 'radical change' in mental health policy launched

Click here to read our proposals for change. An executive summary can be found here. Scotland’s leading mental health organisations are...

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Apr 14, 20222 min read

Local matters

Our Partnership has developed a manifesto for candidates in May's local authority elections Scotland's Mental Health Partnership has...

World Mental Health Day and tackling inequalities

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Oct 5, 20212 min read

World Mental Health Day and tackling inequalities

Ahead of this day of global recognition, the Partnership has helped secure a debate in Parliament focused on this year's theme, 'Mental...

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Sep 7, 20212 min read

What's in the deal?

As Parliament returns, our Policy Lead, Gordon Johnston, analyses the co-operation agreement struck between the SNP and Greens and what...

The SNP - Scottish Greens Deal: What Might It Mean For Mental Health?

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Aug 24, 20212 min read

The SNP - Scottish Greens Deal: What Might It Mean For Mental Health?

Last week the Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party published their draft co-operation agreement and shared policy programme....

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Aug 6, 20213 min read

What's next?

As summer rolls on, Scotland's Mental Health Partnership has begun to take its next steps following the election and as the pandemic...

The Manifestos & What They Say On Mental Health

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Apr 14, 20215 min read

The Manifestos & What They Say On Mental Health

Scotland’s Mental Health Partnership has been working to have a positive influence on the contents of political parties' manifestos,...

Promote, Prevent, Provide & the Next Scottish Parliament

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Mar 31, 20211 min read

Promote, Prevent, Provide & the Next Scottish Parliament

Ahead of May's Holyrood elections, we were delighted to welcome leading spokespeople from each of the five largest Scottish political...

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Mar 25, 20211 min read

And so it begins!

The Scottish Parliament Election campaign is now underway. For the next 6 weeks, politicians from all parties will be engaging people...

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Mar 2, 20211 min read

SMHP manifesto launch gets national engagement

Scotland's Mental Health Partnership launched its manifesto only a week ago, but the response from the public, from media, and from...

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Feb 21, 20213 min read

Our stories: Angela McCrimmon

As part of our efforts to advocate for all Scots with poor mental health and mental ill health, we intend to highlight the experiences...

“100 days to achieve change” – Partnership Calls On Party Leaders to Adopt Sweeping Change

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Feb 21, 20212 min read

“100 days to achieve change” – Partnership Calls On Party Leaders to Adopt Sweeping Change

A Partnership of 17 of Scotland’s leading mental health organisations has written to every Scottish political party leader to call for a...