Workforce Capacity
The Scottish Executive's objective is to
provide accurate and evidence based advice to staff who are
involved in government policy and service delivery and
those who work in the voluntary and private sectors.
There is potentially a very broad range
of staff that could develop physical activity in Scotland.
Currently there are limited professional development
opportunities for physical activity.
This is the case even among health
promotion and sport and recreation staff. If the objective
is to be achieved, education and training should be
provided to, for example, transport planners, road
engineers, health visitors and teachers as well as those
responsible for directing government policy.
Examples of some possible activities to
achieve this objective are:
carry out regular briefing
sessions with Scottish Ministers and
departments
collect, put together and
distribute best practice evidence
produce a series of handbooks
and support training and education for specific
professions.