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Publication - Impact assessment

Partial business and regulatory impact assessment: health and social care statutory guidance refresh

Published
1 August 2023
From
Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport
Directorate
Social Care and National Care Service Development
Topic
Health and social care
ISBN
9781835211021

Partial business and regulatory impact assessment on the refresh of statutory guidance focused on health and social care integration authority strategic plans and annual performance reports.

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Annex A: Assessment of options

Option no. Brief summary of option Benefits Negatives Costs Sectors and Groups affected
1 Do nothing
  • No costs.
  • A review of current SCPs highlighted variation in approaches.
  • EHRC's review of integration authorities' approach to the equalities duty highlighted a need for improvement.
  • The current guidance appears outdated.
  • This option would see no improvement.
 The costs for all of the listed options are minimal. Other than the related human resourcing costs in pursuing the proposed work programme, the only costs identified are those relating to publication and the production of easy read documentation. Given the sequencing of actions and the requirements on how long a public consultation must be 'live', option 4 has the highest time-related cost. The individuals and groups affected are the same for each of the options.
  • Integration authorities
  • People who use services
  • Family and friends of people who use services
  • People who will use services in the future
  • Carers
  • Service providers
  • Local authorities
  • Health boards
  • Organisations and people providing services
  • Wider local communities
  • Other service delivery areas
Sectors impacted: private, third, public – given the mixed provision of social care
2 Convene SLWG to re-draft guidance
  • Less time consuming than option 4, as public consultations must be live for 12 weeks.
  • A SLWG would provide the opportunity to explore contrasting ideas and thoughts in a single forum. It is hoped that such a dialogical process will assist in establishing unified agreement on an initial draft.
  • Provides a forum for continuous engagement and collaborative working through SLWG.
  • There are risks that input may be missed without public consultation.
  • Only the loudest voices may come through a SLWG.
3 Convene SLWG to work up a revised first draft of guidance and then hold a public consultation on the revised guidance to gain further input
  • A SLWG would provide the opportunity to explore contrasting ideas and thoughts in a single forum. It is hoped that such a dialogical process will assist in establishing unified agreement on an initial draft.
  • Provides a forum for continuous engagement and collaborative working through SLWG.
  • Two forms of engagement provide the opportunity to capture any missed input and engagement
  • Given length of time to publication of new guidance, there is lost opportunity for integration authorities to use revised guidance as they currently work on revised SCPs.
4 Pursue other forms of engagement, such as tailored individual meetings with key stakeholders, presentations at relevant meetings, etc
  • Provides close engagement with key stakeholders, in a safe space
  • Public consultation is considered a useful means of giving as many interested individuals/parties as possible the opportunity to input.
  • As the guidance is specifically intended for officers within integration authorities, other forms of engagement may help target this intended readership more holistically.

Contact

Email: integration@gov.scot

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