Publications

We wanted to explore how well Scotland’s mental health sector performs in relation to racial equality.

To address this we looked at six themes: ethnicity and detention under the Mental Health Act; the views of people with lived experience; the experience and training of Scotland’s mental health services workforce; racial equality in that workforce; and recording and reporting of ethnicity across mental health services; including in the Commission’s own work.

This document sets out our agreed equalities outcomes and plans.

A toolkit for Staff on the use of interpreters in mental health and learning disability settings. Developed in partnership with the Centre for Translation & Interpreting Studies in Scotland, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

A guide for health professionals and mental health services on LGBT patients.

The Commission's response to the Scottish Government's consultation on the Draft Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill.

Our response to the Equality and Human Rights Commission's consultation on a single measurement framework.

Our report on our equality monitoring in 2012/13.

A special report on equality in our monitoring of mental health and incapacity law in 2011-12.

Themed visit report aiming to contribute to awareness and debate of issues affecting black and minority ethnic service users.