An important aspect of the SVC role is to provide scrutiny and supportive challenge to policy makers and those providing services to the veterans’ community. Beginning in 2019, the SVC has published an annual electronic Progress Report tracking the progress made in implementing the Commissioner’s recommendations from his/her thematic reports. The electronic reports highlight successes as well as areas requiring more attention.
Since the office of SVC was established in 2014 the Commissioner has completed 9 thematic reviews resulting in a total of 81 recommendations, 63 made by the first Commissioner and a further 18 outcomes-focussed recommendations made by the second Commissioner. Future recommendations will all be outcomes-focussed.
The findings from the Commissioner’s latest assessment, carried out in September/October 2022, are reported below.
This is the fourth progress report covering all SVC recommendations and the ‘RAG’ status applied to each of them in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, based on factual updates provided by the Scottish Government. You can view the status of each recommendation and read the updates provided for 2022, by clicking the link in the final column.
Get an overview of the 2022 findings here.
Find out more about our approach to analysing progress here.
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| Employment, Skills and Learning (2020) | |||
| 1 | A fresh transition model is needed. The UK Government should lead work to rethink transition and develop a more flexible and accessible transition model that starts early, looks to the longer-term, puts the individual at the centre and is integrated within military systems from sign-on. | The Scottish Government’s actions are not being assessed against this recommendation as it is primarily for the UK Government to deliver. The Scottish Government can and do contribute, however transition remains fully reserved to the UK Government and it is only they who can deliver a fresh transition model. | |
| 2 | Serving personnel should be prepared by the military for working life beyond Service. This preparation should be built into training and career development programmes and transition thinking. Planning should be introduced early and reinforced throughout military careers and when leaving. | The Scottish Government’s actions are not being assessed against this recommendation as it is primarily for the UK Government to deliver. The Scottish Government can and do contribute, however transition remains fully reserved to the UK Government and it is only they who can deliver a fresh transition model. | |
| 3 | Serving personnel and veterans need to take responsibility for their transition. They need to ‘own it’, fully engage in it and embrace the support on offer throughout their military career and beyond. | The Scottish Government’s actions are not being assessed against this recommendation as it is primarily for the UK Government to deliver. The Scottish Government can and do contribute, however transition remains fully reserved to the UK Government and it is only they who can deliver a fresh transition model. | |
| 4 | Advice and support is clearly sign-posted and promoted proactively, offered in a timely and accessible way and backed by advice and guidance which is informed by the latest local labour market information and circumstances. | | |
| 5 | Statutory support should be extended to spouses and partners with additional ‘wrap-around’ packages considered for Early Service Leavers and those struggling in a more competitive jobs market. | | |
| 6 | Funding for further learning or training should be re-examined to simplify the ‘offer’ and ensure ease of access and fit with the transition model for today. In addition, ELCAS learning credit support packages should be re-examined to ensure their fit with that more flexible model. | | |
| 7 | Work on the alignment of existing military and civilian skills and qualifications in Scotland should be completed and all new qualifications placed on both the RQF and SCQF frameworks as appropriate, to give veterans the best chance to compete for jobs when settling in Scotland. | | |
| 8 | Connections to the business community should be broadened and enhanced to ensure reach out to small and medium-sized enterprises as potential employers or as mentors to veterans looking to start their own business. | | |
| 9 | In this time of social renewal, social enterprises should be considered as a model to support community development, provide services, facilities and employment for veterans to ensure they do not experience any disadvantage due to their military Service. | | |
| 10 | Greater collaboration is needed across veterans’ charities and associated charities operating in Scotland and with central and local government to avoid duplication of effort and focus resources on areas of greatest need at this unprecedented time. | | |
| Making a Home in Civilian Society (2021) | |||
| 11 | Service leavers and veterans should be enabled to find somewhere to live that is right for them and equipped to make informed choices. Preparation and planning to make a home in civilian society is a crucial aspect of transition and as such needs to be part of the flexible and accessible transition model I have recommended. | | |
| 12 | Service Leavers and veterans should have access to accurate, relevant and understandable advice and support on housing options in Scotland which is offered in a timely accessible way. | | |
| 13 | Service leavers can face multiple challenges when transitioning, and finding a home is a challenge that is exacerbated by a lack of suitable affordable housing. They should be assisted in finding and sustaining a home in the civilian world. | | |
| 14 | No one who has served their country should have to face homelessness or be faced with sleeping rough. The homelessness prevention pathways approach for the high risk groups is a tested way if addressing the issue, and a specific veterans’ Homelessness Prevention Pathway is needed to ensure every Service leaver and veteran has a safe place to call home. | | |
| Health and Wellbeing (2022) | |||
| 15 | Those transitioning from the military and planning to settle in Scotland should be informed and well prepared to look after their own health and wellbeing, make informed choices and live in good health in the civilian community. | | |
| 16 | Those transitioning from the military and planning to settle in Scotland experience an efficient and timely handover from Defence Medical Services to NHS Scotland healthcare, with primary healthcare systems afforded early access to their full health records. | | |
| 17 | Service leavers should experience high quality, person-centred healthcare as part of a smooth transition back to civilian life. To support ease of access they should be identified as they transition and first engage with the NHS in Scotland. | | |
| 18 | All Service leavers should be enabled to look after their own wellbeing, and supported to stay well within their communities. Where it is needed, they should have timely and equal access to consistently high-quality mental health care and support services that are delivered as close to their home as possible. | | |
Recommendations from Transition in Scotland, 2015 | 2019 Status | 2020 Status | 2021 Status | 2022 Status |
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| 1 | MOD advice and briefings relevant to Scotland - The Scottish Government should continue to work with the UK Government to ensure that online advice and briefings reflect housing policy and provision in Scotland, so that Service Leavers choosing to settle in Scotland are not disadvantaged. | |  | This recommendation has been merged with Recommendation 1 of the Housing report and progress will be assessed there. | |
| 2 | Information for Local Authorities - The Scottish Government and COSLA should engage with the UK Government to ensure that work on providing more information about resettlement destinations reflects the information needs of Scottish Local Authorities. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 3 | Effective devolved services - The Scottish Government and its agencies should engage closely with the UK Government once the new Career Transition Partnership (CTP) programme is in place to ensure that devolved services can provide the full range of employability, skills and learning support to Service Leavers in Scotland. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 4 | Extending "Opportunities for All' programme - The Scottish Government should consider introducing flexibility to relax the age restrictions, extending the eligibility for criteria within ‘Opportunities for All’ for Early Service Leavers. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 5 | Early Service Leaver pilot scheme -The Scottish Government and the Third Sector should consider piloting a Community Jobs Scotland (CJS) programme aimed at Early Service Leavers. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 6 | Incentives for Employers - The Scottish Government, in partnership with Skills Development Scotland, Local Authorities and the Third Sector, should consider options to extend recruitment incentives so that they encourage employers to recruit Early Service Leavers. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 7 | Employability Fund -The Scottish Government, Local Authorities and Skills Development Scotland should consider options for targeting the Employability Fund, and future employability services, at Service Leavers. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 8 | Modern Apprenticeships - The Scottish Government and Skills Development Scotland should consider actively promoting Modern Apprenticeships to Early Service Leavers and to their potential employers. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 9 | Invest in Young People Groups - The Scottish Government should utilise Regional Invest in Young People Groups across Scotland to promote young Service Leavers amongst prospective employers. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 10 | Youth employment initiatives - The Scottish Government, working with devolved partners and engaging with the UK Government and Armed Forces, should identify opportunities and consider options for marketing its youth employment initiatives to Early and young Service Leavers, which might include targeted presentations, tailored leaflets, accessible on-line information and wider campaigns to raise awareness of the support available. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 11 | Engage with employers - The Scottish Government should use its existing mechanisms for engaging with employers to promote the employment of, and work placements for, Service Leavers within its broader employability policy framework and delivery infrastructure. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 12 | Personal Development Plan - The Scottish Government, its agencies and Scottish Local Authorities should work with the UK Government to ensure that the new Personal Development Plan and related course modules are relevant to those settling in Scotland. | | | Personal Development Plans have now been superseded by the concept of Lifelong Learning and Personnel Development Records. This recommendation will no longer be reported on. | |
| 13 | Access to medical records - The Scottish Government and NHS Scotland should retain the current procedures whereby GPs in Scotland retrieve Service Leavers’ medical records but also keep them under review. | | | | This recommendation will now be assessed through recommendation 2 in the 2022 Health and Wellbeing - Positive Futures report. |
| 14 | Veterans and Families Research Institute - The Scottish Government should engage with the Veterans and Families Research Institute at Anglia Ruskin University to help identify evidence needs and ensure research into transition in Scotland is also included in future programmes. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
Recommendations from Housing for Service Leavers & Veterans in Scotland, 2016 |
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| 1 | MOD advice and briefings relevant to Scotland - The Scottish Government should continue to work with the UK Government to ensure that online advice and briefings reflect housing policy and provision in Scotland, so that Service Leavers choosing to settle in Scotland are not disadvantaged. (This recommendation was pulled through from Recommendation 1 in the 2015 Transition Report.) | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 2 | Proving a “local connection” - The requirement to prove a “local connection” needs far better explanation in MOD, Scottish Government and Local Authority publications, including leaflets and websites, targeted at housing providers, veterans and Service personnel. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 3 | Routes into social housing - If Scotland is to become the destination of choice for Service Leavers, then the Scottish Government and housing providers should give consideration to smoothing their route into social housing. Particular attention should be given to and removing any potential disadvantage caused by a lack of “local connection” brought about by military Service, both for those serving in Scotland and elsewhere. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 4 | Scottish Housing Guide for People Leaving the Armed Forces - The Scottish Government should consider wider distribution of the Scottish Housing Guide for People Leaving the Armed Forces and work with MOD, public sector organisations and charities in Scotland to raise its profile, ensuring it appears on all Scottish Local Authority websites and on relevant UK Government websites. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 5 | Review and Improve Housing Guide - The Scottish Government should review its Scottish Housing Guide for People Leaving the Armed Forces with the aim of improving content, visual impact and accessibility. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 6 | Review Scottish Government Website Housing Information - The Scottish Government should review the information provided on its website relating to housing targeted at Service Leavers, veterans and their families in order to improve accessibility and currency. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 7 | Consolidation Scottish Government information for veterans - The Scottish Government should consider placing all information for veterans and Service Leavers (not just information on housing) in one area like the mygov.scot website. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 8 | Improve Local Authority website housing information - All Scottish Local Authorities should consider offering housing information for Service Leavers, veterans and their families on their websites with direct links from Housing home pages to improve accessibility. | | | Now being pursued through the new outcomes-focused recommendations from 2021 Positive Futures Housing report. | |
| 9 | Provide guidance for frontline Local Authority staff - Local Authorities should consider providing additional guidance to their frontline staff on the principles of the Covenant and the council’s policy on housing support for veterans. | | | Now being pursued through the new outcomes-focused recommendations from 2021 Positive Futures Housing report. | |
| 10 | Improve links between Local Authorities and MOD - The Scottish Government should work with Local Authorities and MOD to improve information-sharing in order that those leaving the Services are aware of the opportunities available in Scotland and Local Authorities are given advance notice of those expressing a wish to live in their area (also recommended in Transition in Scotland report). | | | Now being pursued through the new outcomes-focused recommendations from 2021 Positive Futures Housing report. | |
| 11 | Consider promoting Shelter Scotland and ASAP Citizens Advice Scotland Websites - The Scottish Government and other housing information providers should consider taking a lead from Shelter Scotland and ASAP Citizens Advice Scotland when looking to upgrade their websites and generate a more extensive online presence, and should consider promoting these organisations’ websites more extensively. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 12 | Ensure housing information is available to a wider audience - The Scottish Government and Veterans Scotland should work together with partners, including the UK Government and other parts of the Third sector, to ensure that housing information is easily visible on the Veterans UK and other pan-UK websites in order to reach a wider audience. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
Recommendations from The Veterans Community – Employability, Skills and Learning, 2016 |
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| 1 | Establish a Veterans Employability, Skills and Learning Working Group - The Scottish Government should establish a Veterans Employability Strategic Working Group of key partners to provide strategic leadership and to oversee the activity required to fulfil the ambitions of more, and better, employment. | | | | Achieved in 2021 |
| 2 | Scottish Veterans Fund - The Scottish Government should support proposals that promote employability and increase job opportunities amongst the veterans community as the priority when allocating resources from the Scottish Veterans Fund. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 3 | Address skills gaps - The Scottish Government to review how the veterans community could be most effectively utilised to fill the known skills gaps in key sectors like education, health, IT, engineering, construction, finance and insurance. In doing so, it should consider whether its recent initiative to attract former oil and gas workers into teaching in the North East of Scotland should be replicated for the veterans community. This recommendation should be considered by the Veterans Employability Strategic Working Group (see Recommendation 1) as one of its early priorities. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 4 | Regional employability pilot - The Scottish Government should initiate and co-ordinate a regional employability pilot project, based in an area where there is a high military and veteran population. The purpose should be to deliver an increased number of meaningful and sustainable employment opportunities for Service Leavers, veterans, and spouses and partners. | | | | Achieved in 2021 |
| 5 | Research and evaluation - The Scottish Government should commission research to provide analysis of the current baseline of the employment situation for the veterans community and to evaluate the impact of national and local initiatives to improve job prospects. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 6 | Work placement scheme - The Scottish Government should work with employers - both small and large - to find ways of offering more placements to Service Leavers, veterans, spouses and partners. This should be in addition to those offered by Career Transition Partnership. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 7 | Improving literacy and numeracy - The Career Transition Partnership (CTP), Local Authority community-based support services, colleges, Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and charities should promote the benefits of improved literacy and numeracy skills amongst Service Leavers and veterans, directing them to appropriate community-based support, including the 'Big Plus' initiative. The aim should be to generate greater awareness amongst veterans with specific needs, their families and employers in order that learning opportunities can be accessed more readily. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 8 | Recognition of qualifications and skills - The Veterans Employability Strategic Working Group (see Recommendation 1) should produce a plan for building understanding and recognition amongst Scottish employers (especially SMEs) of the skills and qualifications gained in the military. The Group should also consider whether the current system for translating and mapping qualifications could be simplified and how it might be better utilised and understood. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 9 | CTP and SDS to build on existing relationship - The Career Transition Partnership (CTP) and Skills Development Scotland (SDS) should build on their existing relationship with the aim of ensuring Service Leavers and veterans have seamless access to SDS once their period of support from CTP comes to an end. This will be particularly important for Early Service Leavers and others in danger of ‘falling between the gaps’. | | | | |
| 10 | Veterans attending college - Colleges Scotland to work with their members to engage the veterans sector more closely in order to promote the benefits of, and opportunities to participate in, college education. Ultimately the outcome should be an increase in numbers from the veterans community taking up college places. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 11 | Modern Apprenticeships - The Scottish Government, Skills Development Scotland and Colleges Scotland should develop a plan to promote the Modern Apprenticeship programme to Early Service Leavers, veterans who would benefit from up-skilling or retraining, and spouses and partners. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 12 | Sponsorship at college - The Scottish Government should work with employers to identify ways of supporting, and perhaps incentivising, sponsorship schemes that will allow a greater number of Service Leavers and veterans to undertake college studies in conjunction with full time employment. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 13 | Access Thresholds - In fulfilling the recommendations from the Commission on Widening Access, all universities should consider how access thresholds can be specifically applied to the veterans community. Subsequently, they should advertise and promote these thresholds widely across the military and veterans sectors. | | | | This recommendation has been superseded and widening HE:FE access to the veterans community will now be through the qualification mapping work. This recommendation will now be assessed as part of recommendation 7 in the 2020 Employment Skills and Learning – Positive Futures report. |
| 14 | Articulation - The Scottish Funding Council, universities and colleges to specifically consider the veterans community as they embark on the expansion of articulation, as recommended by the Commission on Widening Access. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 15 | Information about colleges and universities - The Scottish Funding Council should work with relevant organisations - including Universities Scotland, Colleges Scotland and Student Awards Agency Scotland - to produce material designed specifically for the veterans community. This should include information about finance and the support available for those enrolling at college or university. Subsequently, this material should be made available widely amongst the serving and veterans communities, and those like CTP and SDS who support them. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 16 | Veterans Network/Champions in colleges and universities - Colleges Scotland and Universities Scotland should work with their members and Veterans Scotland to establish a network of champions across all colleges and universities. The champions can provide the first point of contact for members of the ex-Service community applying for, or undertaking, further and higher education. They should also consider offering mentoring, advice on applications and funding, and be part of the wider champions’ network in Scotland. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 17 | Parliamentary scrutiny of veterans issues - The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work should in due course report the progress made against implementing the recommendations in this report (and my two previous reports) to the Scottish Parliament. The aim should be to raise the profile of veterans issues amongst Parliamentarians and provide them with the information necessary to scrutinise the Scottish Government’s work in this field. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 18 | Jobs within the Scottish Government - The Scottish Government to assess its current and future recruitment policies with a view to identifying opportunities to better target and support the veterans community in securing Scottish Government jobs. In doing so, it should consider Police Scotland’s approach of providing tailored information, personal support in completing applications, and advice in preparing for interviews. Mentoring from ex-Service personnel within the Civil Service is likely to play a crucial role. | | | Progress will now be reported on in 2022 through recommendations in the Employment Skills and Learning - Positive Futures report. | |
| 19 | Jobs within NHS Scotland - NHS Scotland and individual Health Boards should develop and deliver commitments made at the last Armed Forces and Veterans Joint Group meeting to utilise the talents of the veterans community and provide better support and advice to those applying for jobs within the NHS. | | | | |
Recommendations from Veterans Health and Wellbeing - A Distinctive Scottish Approach, 2018 |
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| 1 | Establish "A Distinctive Scottish Approach to Veterans’ Health" - The Scottish Government and NHS(S) should commit to establishing a distinctive Scottish Approach to Veterans’ Health at a strategic level, accept or adapt the guiding principles of this approach and work with their partners to embed it at an operational level. | | | | Achieved in 2021 |
| 2 | Improving collaboration and partnership The Scottish Government should reinvigorate senior participation in cross-border networks with a view to improved information sharing and increased involvement in collaborative working and initiatives. | | | | Achieved in 2021 |
| 3 | Leadership and governance - The Armed Forces and Veterans Health Joint Group should refresh its membership and remit in order to provide the vital strategic leadership that will deliver the Scottish Approach to Veterans’ Health. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 4 | National Managed Clinical Network - The Scottish Government and NHS(S) should establish a network on veterans’ health. The network will have oversight of delivering the Scottish Approach to Veterans’ Health, and will consider the key issues raised in this report and others it deems relevant. It should reflect current structures in the health and social care sector in its membership and approach. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |
| 5 | Mental Health Action Plan - The Scottish Government and NHS(S), through the network on veterans’ health (see Recommendation 4), should produce a Mental Health Action Plan for the long-term delivery of services and support. Systemic issues of funding, collaboration, leadership, planning, governance and training of staff will be key. | | | | |
| 6 | Drugs misuse - The Scottish Government and NHS(S) should assess the scale and nature of drugs misuse – especially prescription and non-prescription painkillers – amongst the veterans community in Scotland and introduce remedial measures. This should be taken forward by the Joint Group and network, and included as part of the Mental Health Action Plan. | | | | |
| 7 | Barriers to accessing services -The Scottish Government and NHS(S) should build on existing work aimed at reducing barriers to veterans accessing mental health services. This will include measures to address issues of stigma, seeking help, and improving awareness and understanding within the medical profession. This should be taken forward by the Joint Group and network, and included as part of the Mental Health Action Plan. | | | | This recommendation will be assessed as part of recommendation 4 in the 2022 Health and Wellbeing - Positive Futures report. |
| 8 | Access to life-long services - The Scottish Government, NHS(S), Health Boards and local Councils should make a commitment to veterans with the most severe and enduring physical (and mental) conditions that they can access the highest quality health and social care services for life and as their needs change. Health and Social Care Partnerships and Integrated Joint Boards will be instrumental in planning the delivery of these services and the national network recommended in chapter 2 should assume responsibility for oversight of this work as an early priority. | | | | |
| 9 | Funding for multiple injuries - The Scottish Government and NHS(S) should give consideration to whether the costs of specialist care for veterans who have suffered polytrauma should be funded through the National Services Division (NSD). | | | | |
| 10 | The National Trauma Network - NHS(S) should include the specific needs of veterans who have suffered polytrauma as part of its work in setting up a national Trauma Network. | | | | |
| 11 | Wheelchairs for amputees - NHS(S) should adapt current arrangements to ensure an appropriate level of funding is available to guarantee that wheelchairs provided by the MOD for veterans with severe amputations can be serviced, maintained and replaced with the best possible equipment commensurate with that individual’s needs. | | | | |
| 12 | Chronic pain management - The National Advisory Committee for Chronic Pain (NACCP) should consider veterans specifically as part of their work to improve chronic pain management in Scotland. | | | | Achieved in 2021 |
| 13 | Funding hearing - The Scottish Government and NHS(S) should make funding available so that veterans with the most severe hearing loss as a result of their military service can have access to the best possible hearing aids and support. | | | | |
| 14 | The Invictus Games - The Scottish Government should work with partners, charities and others to scope a proposal to host a future Invictus Games in Scotland. This recommendation is considered to be no longer feasible. | | | This recommendation is considered to be no longer feasible. | |
| 15 | Tackling health inequalities - The Scottish Government, NHS(S) and partners should identify veterans as a distinct group in their work to tackle health inequalities. In doing so they should produce proposals for preventing or mitigating inequalities as they apply to this group, with the ultimate aim of improving health outcomes for all. | | | | |
| 16 | Identifying veterans - The Armed Forces and Veterans Joint Health Group should oversee work to increase the number of veterans declaring their previous service to GPs and others in the system. This will likely involve NHS(S), MOD and veterans organisations. | | | | |
| 17 | Using Information - The Armed Forces and Veterans Joint Health Group should oversee efforts to improve methods of recording, displaying and sharing information about veterans within the health and social care sector. This will be with a view to providing health professionals with the information needed to better understand and support veterans. | | | | |
| 18 | Veterans Champions - The Scottish Government and Veterans Scotland should build on recent work to support the network of NHS and Council champions to develop the role so that it can continue to be effective in supporting the delivery of health and social care to veterans within the new health landscape of Scotland. | | | Achieved in 2020 | Achieved in 2020 |