Cass Review - decision to accept the findings: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment
Report on the assessment of impact of Scottish Government's decision to accept the findings of the Cass Review: Implications for Scotland report from a senior multidisciplinary clinical team within the office of the Chief Medical Officer on the rights and wellbeing of children and young people.
Conclusion
7. As a result of the evidence gathered and analysed against all UNCRC requirements, what is the potential overall impact of this proposal on children’s rights?
Neutral
8. If you have identified a positive impact on children’s rights, please describe below how the proposal will protect, respect, and fulfil children’s rights in Scotland.
N/A
9. If a negative impact has been identified please describe below. Is there a risk this could potentially amount to an incompatibility?
N/A
10. What options have been considered to modify the proposal in order to mitigate negative impact or potential incompatibility issues?
Please summarise mitigation actions taken below
No negative impact identified – N/A
11. Issue or risk Identified per article/ Optional Protocol
N/A
12. Action Taken/ To Be Taken
N/A
13. Date action to be taken or was taken N/A
N/A
14. As a result of the evidence gathered and analysed against all wellbeing indicators, will the proposal contribute to the wellbeing of children and young people in Scotland?
N/A
15. How will you communicate to children and young people the impact that the proposal will have on their rights?
The Scottish Government and Ministers have ongoing meetings with stakeholders working with and representing young people accessing these services and their families and will communicate this decision through them.
This decision to accept findings does not yet translate into concrete changes to services. Work that will take that forward will include working with those impacted by service changes through usual NHS engagement channels.
Although the assessment for this impact assessment is neutral. The work to action these recommendations is expected to positively improve the delivery of these services, and in doing so have a positive health and wellbeing impact on the children and young people waiting to access these services. Specific implementation will continue to be impact assessment separately and this work will continue to be communicated to children and young people. While a child-friendly CRWIA is not deemed necessary due to the neutral impact decision, this CRWIA has been written in so far as is possible in accessible language so children and young people wishing to read it can understand its content and potential impact/ no impact. The CRWIA will be published on gov.scot so those wishing to read it can access it online.
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