Report Summary
This report provides members of the People Committee with an overview of Ill Health Retirement & Injury on Duty Review Update .
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Meeting
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People Committee - 29 August 2023
Date : 29 August 2023
Location : online
Next Steps
An Authority/Police Scotland joint paper is being presented to the Scottish Police Consultative Forum (SPCF) on 31 August 2023 to discuss and consider further changes to the IHR and IoD processes.
The changes being proposed are:
• Changes to the current process to enable SMPs to consider applications for IHR and IoD awards simultaneously. Payments of IoD are currently backdated to the date of retirement so this change would not result in any additional cost.
• The establishment of a working group to review current guidance, which was agreed in 2010 and predates the creation of Police Scotland and the Authority. This will allow for simplification, updating and reflecting on the impact of new or changed regulations.
The Scottish Police Federation have been involved in positive discussions relating to the changes being proposed and will continue to be fully consulted.
Following the steps outlined above, where changes are required to guidance or Regulations, legal advice will be sought, and consultation and governance procedures will be followed.
An internal audit on IHR and IoD is currently underway, and the findings from this will be shared with the Committee as soon as possible following the conclusion of the audit.
