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Local bodies will produce local improvement plans to implement the Standards. These will be drawn up and signed by all local Chief Executive and Chief Officers who will have ‘shared and visible’ responsibility for implementing the Standards and who will name a local officer responsible for driving necessary change and reporting on progress to the Minister directly.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6262d03d6df77546d5b764c0/5a1b8d28-4043-4809-9ff2-426a1d760153/WEBSITE.REPORTS.1.png Reports/Publications Resources - Medication Assisted Treatment: Service Evaluation of People's Experience of Accessing MAT in 6 Health Board Areas Across Scotland Scottish Drugs Forum October 2021 This report shows the results of a peer-led survey of the living experience of people in treatment services in six health board areas. 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