Vision statement six: Scotland must seek to uphold the wellbeing of care-experienced children and young people and ensure that there is timely access to mental health support before crisis point so that children can enjoy good mental health.
The number of staff employed in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services is proportionate to demand.
One of the main evidence gaps highlighted in the Promise Progress Framework is the need to better understand differences in health outcomes and healthcare access for children and young people with care experience.
To address this, Public Health Scotland is leading a project to see if linking existing data can provide a sustainable way to regularly track health, mental health, and healthcare measures for children and young people with care experience.
The project is based on the commitment to “do data differently,” following the principles of the Promise Story of Progress. The aim is to avoid creating new reporting requirements by making better use of existing administrative data. This will make it possible to report new insights regularly without creating extra work for services.
The Promise Data and Evidence Group recently released the first annual workplan, which gives more detail about the project, including aims and planned milestones. The workplan is available online here.