Impact

In monitoring progress in the delivery of SVC recommendations to the Scottish Government it is important to consider the impact on those I aim to support, namely veterans and their families. Their lives should benefit from the changing policy and practices that result from these recommendations.

The action necessary to make things better can be complex, often calling for joined-up thinking and collaboration across different agencies. Change doesn’t happen overnight but we are starting to see real improvement. That is down to the effort of many individuals and organisations who have got behind the recommendations and worked together to influence and deliver change. That should be acknowledged and celebrated. This separate report on impact sets out all SVC recommendations made between 2015 and 2018 which were fully achieved as at September 2026. Many more have been progressed and are showing as partially implemented or implemented but work has continued to embed them in my main progress report through the outcome focussed recommendations that have been made since 2020.

You can view all SVC recommendations fully achieved below.

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