Participation Requests Part 3 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 provides a framework for the use of participation requests by community participation bodies. A community participation body may make a request to a public service authority to permit the body to participate in an outcome improvement process. The Scottish Government published guidance on Participation Requests in April 2017, and you can find this on the Scottish Government’s website by clicking the link below:https://beta.gov.scot/publications/community-empowerment-participation-request-guidance/ If you are a community participation body and are considering submitting a participation request to NHS Lothian, please read the above guidance first. If you would like to proceed with a participation request, then please email Richard Mutch in the first instance. Richard Mutch – 0131 465 5687- Lothian NHS Boardrichard.mutch@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
