{"id":86,"date":"2024-07-23T16:17:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T15:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/girfecdgresourcesforstaff\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:39:48","slug":"strategic-leads-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/girfecdgresourcesforstaff\/strategic-leads-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic Leads Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Strategic Leads are the Chairs of the planning groups that are responsible for the workstreams in our Children&#8217;s Services Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9e4255dab4f72a2655fecbd575e737b0\" style=\"color:#033c6e\">Dr 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Dr Louise Cumbley Clinical Director of Psychology, NHS Dumfries and Galloway Chair of Mental Health Strategy Group. 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