Strategies, plans and policies

This page brings together the key strategies, plans and reports that guide how Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership plans, delivers and improves health and social care services.

These documents set out our shared priorities, measure our performance, and explain how we work with people who use services, carers, communities and partner organisations to improve outcomes across Perth and Kinross.

Strategic Plan for Health and Social Care 2024-2027

The Perth and Kinross Integration Joint Board approved a revised IJB Strategic Plan 2024-27 (PDF, 3 MB) in Perth and Kinross in June 2024. The plan sets out the aims and ambitions for people living in Perth and Kinross and to provide outstanding services and help people to live their best possible lives.

A comprehensive Joint Strategic Needs Assessment was carried out to inform the plan which brings together information and data on health and care needs of the adult population of Perth and Kinross in one place, to create a picture of service needs now (and in the future) to identify what we need to do to meet the needs of our population, address health and care inequalities. This also helps to identify equality outcomes. An EFIA - IJB Strategic Plan 2024-2027 (PDF, 440 KB) was also undertaken.

Our shared vision for every person in Perth and Kinross to live in the place they call home with the people and things they love, in good health and with the care and support they need, in communities that look out for one another and doing the things that matter most to them.

Our ambitions are to enable everyone to:

stay as well as possible for as long as possible
live as independently as they can for as long as is safely possible
to thrive and to be valued members of their community

The plan sets out a commitment to delivering care and support in a way that is fair and equitable to all, recognising that this may mean that services are provided in ways which meet the different needs of people. The plan recognises that there is a need to reduce and minimise inequalities which can be as a result of social, economic or educational status combined with discrimination based on age, disability, race, or any other protected characteristic to promote and realise a person's optimal health and wellbeing.

Annual Performance Report

Previous Annual Performance Reports:

Participation and Engagement Strategy 2025-2028

Connecting with communities for change

The Integration Joint Board and the Health and Social Care Partnership recognise the need to think and act differently move away from the limitations of a top-down or bottom-up approach to participation. This Connecting with communities for change - participation and engagement strategy (PDF, 3 MB) approved by the IJB in December 2024 sets out how we will work side-by-side with communities, continuously engaging and listening to each other and offering opportunities to work together.

The strategy sets out a series of commitments to put people at the heart of what we do:

Harness the strengths and assets that every community and everyone has to offer.
Learn and share what works well.
Elevate the views of people with lived experience, their families and carers.
Listen and involve the widest possible range of people, so that everything we do is influenced by a diverse range of views and perspectives.
Work to establish systems and processes which strive to support individual and community empowerment.

We recognise that health and health inequalities is one of our greatest challenges as good health significantly impacts overall wellbeing, family and community life. The foundations for this work are equality; diversity; accessibility and reciprocity.

We recognise that engaging with people who face inequality is crucial for solving challenges which affect them. We will assume people want to be heard and use accessible methods to elevate everyone's voices within our communities and encourage more diverse representation.

You can also read the Equalities and Fairness Impact Assessment (PDF, 438 KB) for the Participation and Engagement Strategy.

Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 - Annual report

This annual report outlines the steps Perth and Kinross Council has taken to comply with section 3(2) of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019, (The Act) and any continuing risks which may affect our ability to comply with the requirements of The Act. The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 - Perth and Kinross Council Annual Report 2026 (PDF, 132 KB) is now ready to view.

Previous reports:

Perth and Kinross Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 – Annual Report 2025 (PDF, 176 KB)

Other strategies

Equality outcomes and mainstreaming report

Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership is fully committed to delivering services that are fair to all.

We uphold our responsibilities as detailed in the Equality Act 2010 and the Equality Act (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012. We recognise that good health and care is not evenly distributed or experienced across our communities and our strategic plans aim to tackle wider health inequalities. Through our commitment to mainstreaming equality and delivering agreed equality outcomes we set out our unambiguous goals to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation; advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not; and foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.

As part of the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations, the The Integration Joint Board is required to publish a mainstreaming report and equalities outcomes as well as report on progress to achieve equality outcomes. The most recent reports published as at April 2025 are:

Last modified on 30 June 2026

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