for Scotland; Healthcare Inequalities Action Improvement Framework Scotland; Care Inspectorate Public Health Outcomes NHS Public As above; NHS Framework Wales; Welsh Health Wales; Wales; Public Health Wales Government’s Primary Healthcare Wales Care Plan Inspectorate Access to healthcare (CORE INDICATOR) RATIONALE Access to healthcare, including waiting and referral times, and discrimination in access to healthcare, is a good indicator to assess how the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is respected, protected and fulfilled. TOPICS Waiting and referral times Access issues specific to transgender people; Gypsy, Roma, Travellers; people with learning disabilities; people who are homeless; migrants, refugees, asylum seekers; prisoners; people in immigration detention Discrimination in access to healthcare WHAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE: THE ‘OUTCOME’ Further measures Topic Sources Waiting and referral times for access NHS Digital; ISD Scotland to different types of health service Access to psychological therapies CQC; NHS Digital; Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme, ISD Scotland Access issues specific to: CQC; NHS Digital; Homeless Link; DCLG, Her transgender people; Gypsy, Roma, Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP); DoH; Travellers; people with learning Children’s Commissioner for England; Scottish disabilities; people who are Parliament (Equality and Human Rights homeless; migrants, refugees, Committee, and Health and Sport Committee); asylum seekers; prisoners; people in Scottish Public Health Network; Scottish Prison immigration detention Service; Scottish Refugee Council; Stonewall
Inequalities Action Framework for Scotland; Healthcare Improvement Scotland; Care Inspectorate Wales Public Health Outcomes Framework Wales; Welsh Government’s Primary Care Plan NHS Public Health Wales; Healthcare Inspectorate As above; NHS Wales; Public Health Wales Access to healthcare (CORE INDICATOR) RATIONALE Access to healthcare, including waiting and referral times, and discrimination in access to healthcare, is a good indicator to assess how the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is respected, protected and fulfilled. TOPICS Waiting and referral times Access issues specific to transgender people; Gypsy, Roma, Travellers; people with learning disabilities; people who are homeless; migrants, refugees, asylum seekers; prisoners; people in immigration detention Discrimination in access to healthcare WHAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE: THE ‘OUTCOME’ Further measures Topic Sources Waiting and referral times for access to different types of health service NHS Digital; ISD Scotland Access to psychological therapies CQC; NHS Digital; Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme, ISD Scotland Access issues specific to: transgender people; Gypsy, Roma, Travellers; people with learning disabilities; people who are homeless; migrants, refugees, asylum seekers; prisoners; people in immigration detention CQC; NHS Digital; Homeless Link; DCLG, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP); DoH; Children’s Commissioner for England; Scottish Parliament (Equality and Human Rights Committee, and Health and Sport Committee); Scottish Public Health Network; Scottish Prison Service; Scottish Refugee Council; Stonewall