To read this content please select one of the options below:

Improving the mental health of people with learning disabilities in Scotland: putting policy into practice

Neill Simpson (Glasgow Learning Disability Partnership, Glasgow)
Margaret Whoriskey (Joint Improvement Team, Edinburgh)
Michael McCue (Glasgow Learning Disability Partnership, Glasgow)

Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

ISSN: 1753-0180

Article publication date: 1 March 2007

1525

Abstract

Service systems for people with learning disabilities in Scotland have developed in the context of the Scottish legal system and devolved policy for health. Scottish organisations are responding to the spectrum of mental health needs by working in partnership to improve quality. This article describes this system and the key organisations, and presents some findings of the National Overview Report of services undertaken by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland.

Keywords

Citation

Simpson, N., Whoriskey, M. and McCue, M. (2007), "Improving the mental health of people with learning disabilities in Scotland: putting policy into practice", Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 26-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/17530180200700007

Publisher

:

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Related articles