Respiratory care action plan draft: consultation report

Next steps

We would like to thank all respondents for taking the time to respond to this consultation.  

In response to comments received, the Action Plan will be amended in a number of areas.  Key themes have highlighted areas of opportunity and we will now enter into a stage of wider engagement to develop the actions further.

We will continue to engage key stakeholders across wider policy areas, including Mental Health, fuel poverty and Covid-19 Recovery; to ensure the Plan is relevant.  Following discussions with third sector agencies including British Lung Foundation & Asthma UK and Chest, Heart, Stroke Scotland, we plan to engage with people living with respiratory conditions across Scotland.

Due to current Covid-19 restrictions, engagement will be fully digital and will utilise pre-existing networks from both organisations.  We will utilise existing data sets to understand current respiratory care activity across Scotland and continue to engage with respiratory physicians and teams to ensure they remain relevant in the current circumstances and will continue to be in the future.

Once the Respiratory Care Action Plan has been published, we will work in collaboration with partners including clinical and third sector colleagues to develop an implementation plan and subsequent measurement framework to track progress across Scotland.