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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SMHP
- Dec 12, 2023
- 2 min
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...
SMHP
- Jun 28, 2023
- 2 min
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...
SMHP
- Jun 8, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 1 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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...
SMHP
- Sep 7, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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....
SMHP
- Aug 6, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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,...
SMHP
- Mar 31, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
“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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