Other useful sites - Scottish mental health and other related sites

Scottish sites

www.samh.org.uk
The website of Glasgow-based Scottish Association for Mental Health. It includes a description of the services on offer, and a links page.

www.healthscotland.com
NHS Health Scotland (was Health Education Board Scotland)

www.penumbra.co.uk
Website of Penumbra, including description of services and campaigns

www.hug.uk.net
Highland users group. Publications and activities

www.wellontheweb.org
The work of the Scottish Executive's National Programme for Improving the Mental Health and Well-Being of Scotland's Population, which was launched in October 2001.

www.seemescotland.org
See me campaign to reduce stigma

www.scottishrecovery.net
The Scottish Recovery Network aims to engage communities across Scotland in debate on how best to promote and support recovery from long-term mental health problems.

www.show.scot.nhs.net
Scottish Health on the Web. Comprehensive site of NHS in Scotland organisations

www.scotland.gov.uk
The Scottish Executive

www.isdscotland.org/isd/collect2.jsp?pParentID=1801&pContentID;=1354&p;_applic=CCC&p;_service=Content.show&
Improving Mental Health Information Programme (iMHIP) has been developed to catalyse the multiple changes needed to improve the type, content, system and use of care information to support:

1) The integrated provision of individual - centred care
2) Clinical governance and quality improvement
3) Public health, performance management, strategic planning and research

www.mhtscot.org
Mental Health Tribunal Scotland decides on legal matters under the Mental Health Act and removes the need for hearings to be held in a Sheriff Court. Instead independent tribunal hearings involving 3 member panels.

The tribunal panel is made up of a legal member, who is also the convener, a medical member and a general member; all have relevant qualifications and experience in dealing with people with mental health disorders.

Hearings are held in a venue local to the patient wherever possible, at this they will have the right to be represented and to participate in the proceedings.

www.mwcscot.org.uk
The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland is an independent organisation working to safeguard the rights and welfare of everyone with a mental illness, learning disability or other mental disorder.

www.tayside-forensic-voices.org.uk
Tayside Forensic Voices Carers Support Group.