Chamber and committees

I think that Simon Burt wants to come in briefly on this point.

Absolutely. Hannah Axon has a quick last word on this topic before we come to our last question.

Jo Gibson, I will bring you in first on the last question because I have not heard from you for a while. It is on plans and strategic direction. In 2017, the Government published the “Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027” document. In October 2020, there was “Mental Health—Scotland’s Transition and Recovery”. There was a mental health and wellbeing strategy a couple of years later, and we have heard this morning about the launch at the beginning of this month of a delivery plan, a workforce action plan and the outcomes framework about which we spoke. Has there been a surfeit of plans and strategies? Do they demonstrate an evolution of thinking, or is it a matter of keeping on reinventing the wheel and not enough changing on the ground?

Thank you. I turn to the people who are joining us remotely.

I will bring in the witnesses in the order that I mentioned.

Thanks, Christiana: that is a point forcefully made. I will come to Pavan Srireddy next; I will then turn to Colin Beattie to put some questions. Could you comment on the Trieste model, perhaps, Pavan?

Thank you, and thanks for being succinct.

Thanks, Christiana.

I go back to Colin Beattie’s question about the report’s description of access as being “slow and complicated”. I will bring in Mike Burns, then I will come to Stephen Low. Anne Rowan wants to come in on this area, too. Mike—remotely—your view would be helpful.

Thanks, Anne—that is very helpful.

I think that Pavan Srireddy wanted to come in on the point about the role of GPs—he might have a view on that question as well. If other people indicate, we will bring them in too.