2. Scottish Government Purpose
“To focus government and public services on
creating a more successful country with
opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish,
through increasing sustainable economic
growth.”
3. • Wealthier & Fairer – Enable businesses and people to increase
their wealth and more people to share fairly in that wealth.
• Smarter – Expand opportunities for people in Scotland to
succeed from nurture through to life long learning, ensuring
higher and more widely shared achievements.
• Healthier – Help people to sustain and improve their health,
especially in disadvantaged communities, ensuring better, local
and faster access to health care.
• Safer and Stronger – Help local communities to flourish,
becoming stronger, safer places to live, offering improved
opportunities and a better quality of life.
• Greener – Improve Scotland’s natural and built environment and
the sustainable use and enjoyment of it.
6. HEAT Targets
• Health Improvement: Reduce suicide rate between 2002 and
2013 by 20 per cent.
• Efficiency: The specific targets for NHSScotland are to reduce
CO2 emissions for oil, gas, butane and propane usage
annually by 3% to 2014/15; and NHSScotland to continue to
reduce energy consumption annually by 1% to 2014/15.
• Access: By March 2013, 90 per cent of clients will wait no
longer than 3 weeks from referral received to appropriate
drug or alcohol treatment that supports their recovery.
• Treatment: No people will wait more than 28 days to be
discharged from hospital into a more appropriate care setting,
once treatment is complete from April 2013; followed by a 14
day maximum wait from April 2015.
7. Performance against the HEAT
Targets
Information on how the Health system is
performing can be found at:
• http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/scotPerfor
ms/partnerstories/NHSScotlandperformance
9. A Fairer Healthier Scotland
New Corporate Strategy 2012-2017
Vision: Our vision is a Scotland in which all of
our people and communities have a fairer share
of the opportunities, resources and confidence
to live longer, healthier lives.
Mission: Our mission is to reduce health
inequalities and improve health.
To do this we will: influence policy and practice,
informed by evidence, and promote action
across public services to deliver greater equality
and improved health for all in Scotland.
10. Scottish Government has now reconvened the
Ministerial group on Inequalities to review progress
since 2008.
Now greater recognition of SHD
Policy Review being finalised
Report due 2013.
Minister for Public Health
http://www.holyrood.com/2013/01/people-
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