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Influencing and challenging service providers & policy makers
Engaging with the Scottish Government
Contributing to the development of policy and legislation
The Commission has a unique overview of mental health and learning disability services in Scotland. Our monitoring work and our visiting programme give us an insight, not only into how government legislation is being used but how that impacts on individual rights and effective care and treatment. We share the information we develop with government, calling for changes in national policy and legislation where we think these are required.
We have representation on the Scottish Parliament's Mental Health Cross Party Group and Learning disability Cross Party Group.
We also share our expertise with other Committees in the Scottish Parliament.
We recently gave evidence to the Equal Opportunities Committee on issues surrounding diversity monitoring and the use of mental health law. You can listen to the evidence session by clicking on the media player below.
Engaging with the Scottish Government