Reports – Page 6 – Healthcare Improvement Scotland

Gathering Views on implanted medical devices

The Scottish Government’s Medical Devices and Legislation Unit asked us to find out about patients’ experiences of receiving an implanted medical device, sometimes known as an implant.

Based on our findings we made 6 recommendations to the Scottish Government.

COVID-19 NCMAG evidence of impact report 2021-2022: July 2024

COVID-19 NCMAG evidence of impact report 2021-2022. Published July 2024

Implementation of NCMAG advice 2023 report: October 2024

Implementation of NCMAG advice 2023 report. Published July 2024

Gathering views on palliative care

The Scottish Government is developing a new Palliative Care Strategy for Scotland, to be published in 2024. We were commissioned to support the ongoing development and implementation of the strategy by gathering views from people in Scotland with experiences of palliative care or caring for someone who has received palliative care

Thirteenth Citizens’ Panel Report

The thirteenth Citizens’ Panel survey was carried out between November 2023 and February 2024.

The survey asked questions on two topics:

How people prefer to access health and care services and the NHS Scotland Climate Emergency and Sustainability Strategy.

Gathering views on the draft National Care Service charter of rights and responsibilities

The Scottish Government asked us to undertake a Gathering Views exercise to find out about people’s views on a draft of the Charter of Rights and Responsibilities for the new National Care Service (NCS).

As a result we made 6 recommendations to the Scottish Government.

MAT Standards Pharmacy Impact Report

MAT Pharmacy Impact Report, April 2024, Community Pharmacy, MAT Implementation, Drugs and Alcohol, Support, Recovery, OST

Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Standards Pharmacy Impact Report: April 2024

National hub for reviewing and learning from the deaths of children and young people – Data overview report: March 2024

Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Care Inspectorate have published the first data overview report. It summarises national child death data from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

Sudden unexpected death in infancy: Stakeholder report – audit 2015-2018

This report covers sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDIs) that occurred during 2015-2018.