East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership Integrated Impact Assessments

East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership (ElHSCP) uses Integrated Impact Assessments (IIAs) to consider the potential impacts (negative and positive) on people, the environment and the economy when developing policies and making service decisions, and to ensure that we meet our legal responsibilities. 

If undertaken at the outset, before implementation, IIAs improve plans, strategies and policies at the design stage and make sure they are fit for purpose. They help us to identify how proposals might affect different groups of people differently and how proposals may impact on the environment and sustainability.  They help us to ensure that we meet legal duties in the:

• Equality Act 2010
• Human Rights Act
• Children and Young People's (Scotland) Act
• Fairer Scotland Duty 
• Climate Change Act.

The IIA process also helps us to consider whether a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) may also be required.

List of IIAs by topic 

Adults with complex needs

• Adults with complex needs - vision for service IIA 2019
• Intensive Housing Management IIA April 2023

Budget Proposals 2024

• 2024 IJB Budget Proposal IIAs

Carers 

• Carers Strategy IIA 2023
• Carer Procurement IIA 2019
• Carers Strategy Eligibility Criteria IIA 2019

Charging

• Review of existing charges, taper and introduction of new charges IIA January 2020
• Charges applying to social care support for people at home IIA 2020/2021

Community hospitals and care homes 

• East Lothian Community Hospitals and Care Homes Provision Project / Change Board IIA 2019
• Community Hospitals and Care Homes Summary IIA February 2023
• Relocation of residents from Eskgreen Care Home Interim IIA May 2023

Equalities

• Equalities Framework IIA 2021

Musculo-skeletal/physiotherapy services

• Outpatient triage IIA March 2023

Patient support 

• Improving the Cancer Journey IIA 2021

Planning Older People's Services

• Planning Older People's Services Engagement Strategy IIA August 2023

Scotland Xcel

• Scotland Xcel Interim IIA  November 2023

Strategy

• East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership Commissioning Strategy IIA January 2023
• East Lothian Dementia Strategy Interim IIA May 2023
• East Lothian Independent Advacacy Strategic Plan IIA Feb 2024
• East Lothian Independent Advocacy CRWIA Feb 2024
• East Lothian Intergration Joint Board Participation and Engagement Strategy IIA May 2023
• East Lothian Integration Joint Board Strategic Plan IIA 2022-25 September 2022
• East Lothian Integrated Joint Board, Strategic Plan 2016-19, A Second Draft, IIA, September 2015

Workforce

• East Lothian IJB Workforce Plan 2022-25 IIA May 2022

NHS Lothian

• 2019-2020 Annual Operational Plan IIA 2019

All IIAs

• list of all IIA downloadable files