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...
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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...
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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...
SMHP
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...
SMHP
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...
SMHP
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...
SMHP
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...
SMHP
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...
SMHP
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...
SMHP
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...
SMHP
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,...
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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...
SMHP
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...
SMHP
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...
SMHP
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...
SMHP
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...
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