From early in its development, the SVCN was clear that the voices of veterans needed to be at the heart of the development of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Action Plan (MHWAP) and inform all elements of our approach. There was no infrastructure for Veteran forums or for service user feedback on a national scale. Therefore, to ensure that the MHWAP was co-produced and truly informed by veterans, the SVCN established processes for engagement.
Semi-structured, open-ended questions were developed in consultation with the SVCN Health and Wellbeing Facet Working Group and Veterans Scotland: