Scottish Care

BA Healthcare Webinar
2022-11-24 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
Thursday 24 November 2022, 2:00 pm
Wondering whether overseas nurses and carers could be the solution to your workforce challenges? Not sure where to begin? Not sure if its right for you? Join us for this webinar with BA Healthcare to find out why overseas staff will not only transform your service but let you focus on being better and save money, with the costs potentially recouped in just a few months.
Please join via the Members Area of our website.

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 29 November
2022-11-29 11:00 - 11:45
Due to the current challenges facing the sector. We are reverting back to weekly surgeries for both care home and care at home members. These sessions will be live every Tuesday at 11:00 am.
This session will be hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and Deputy CEO, Karen Hedge.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Care Home VAT Restructuring Webinar
2022-12-01 14:00 - 15:00
Thursday 1 December, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Scottish Care have joined up with Care England to host a webinar on the 1st December from 2:00 -3:00 pm regarding VAT restructuring. We are in challenging financial times due to the lack of local authority funding on top of the cost-of-living crisis nationally. VAT restructuring is a solution to recover input VAT for care homes on local authority and NHS funded resident contracts. Care Homes are currently unable to recover VAT without restructuring, due to the existing VAT exemption in place. Any VAT restructuring to recover VAT as a result is subject to both HMRC and Regulatory approval which has been obtained successfully in the past and equates to an uplift fee equivalent of over 3% to 5%, and is of zero costs the local authority and NHS other than an amendment to their contracts as they can recover VAT charged in full via HMRC, by way of their usual VAT returns.
The webinars are aimed at raising awareness of how care home providers can restructure their organisations to enable VAT recovery on publicly funded contracts. Highly regarded VAT specialist firm, Kieran Lynch will provide an overview of the process and answer any questions or concerns you have. They will offer practical support and guidance and will work with you should you wish to look at opportunities for your organisation. Not all local authorities and NHS bodies currently permit VAT recovery, however, close to 50% do, and as such we see a significant amount of additional funding which can be made available to your organisation to help offset some of the cost pressures providers are facing now. We believe that increasing numbers of request from providers will support the argument for VAT recovery in all local authority and NHS areas.
We hope you will join this webinar and consider if VAT restructuring is something your organisation is keen to consider. This is not a sales opportunity; materials will be shared after the session to those who are interested to contact Kieran Lynch directly.
Please note that Grant Thornton will no longer be attending this webinar, there will be another webinar in the new year scheduled with Grant Thornton. More details to follow.
Please head to our Members Area to register for this webinar.

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 6 December
2022-12-06 11:00 - 11:45

Citation Business Briefing for Scottish Care Members
2022-12-07 10:00 - 12:00
Must-attend care event exclusively for Scottish Care members
In partnership with Citation, join us for a free face to face essential care briefing where we’ll share the very best tips and tricks to getting inspection ready and solidify your compliance procedures.
Events Details:
DATE: Wednesday 7th December 2022
EVENT TIME: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
LOCATION: Glasgow Marriott Hotel, 500 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8RR
REGISTER NOW
Citation’s expert speaker, Flora Neville, will cover the hottest topics in Health & Safety, HR and Employment Law and must-knows to consider for your care business.
Plus, we’re delighted to be joined by Citation’s Care Business Manager and former CQC inspector, Mick Feather, who will cover why effective Quality Assurance is so important for driving improvement and share his top tips to assess and monitor your governance processes to prevent deterioration into ‘Weak and Unsatisfactory’ gradings and build a culture of quality and safety.
FIND OUT MORE – RSVP NOW
For more information email rsvp@citation.co.uk.
We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 13 December
2022-12-13 11:00 - 11:30
Due to the current challenges facing the sector. We are reverting back to weekly surgeries for both care home and care at home members. These sessions will be live every Tuesday at 11:00 am.
This session will be hosted by our Workforce Policy & Practice Lead, Caroline Deane and Joint National Lead for Partners for Integration, Janice Cameron.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery – 20 December
2022-12-20 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 10 January 2023
2023-01-10 11:00 - 11:30
Due to the current challenges facing the sector. We are reverting back to weekly surgeries for both care home and care at home members. These sessions will be live every Tuesday at 11:00 am.
Please note that there will be no surgeries over the festive period. The next surgery will be on: Tuesday 10 January 2022, 11:00 am
This session will be hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and Deputy CEO, Karen Hedge.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 17 January 2023
2023-01-17 11:00 - 11:45

Scottish Care EGM - 17 January 2023
2023-01-17 16:00 - 17:00
Scottish Care Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) – 17 January
Scottish Care will be holding an EGM, via Zoom, on Tuesday 17th January 2023 at 4pm.
The meeting will provide an update on the state of play with the NCHC and answer any questions regarding local commissioning for homecare services.

The registration link for this meeting is available on the Members Area of our website.

Care England and Scottish Care VAT Webinar with Grant Thornton
2023-01-19 14:00 - 15:00
Care England and Scottish Care VAT Webinar with Grant Thornton UK LLP
Care England and Scottish Care are hosting another webinar on Thursday 19 January, 2:00 – 3:00 pm , on the subject of the VAT-efficient provision of welfare services. The webinar is aimed at raising awareness of how care providers can restructure the provision of welfare services to enable VAT recovery on publicly funded contracts. We are in challenging financial times due to the central government funding of adult social care on top of the cost-of-living crisis nationally. Restructuring the provision of welfare services is a solution to recover input VAT for care providers on Local Authority and NHS-funded contracts, which would add to the bottom line and subsequently EBITDA.
Care England and Scottish Care will be joined by Grant Thornton UK LLP who will be presenting the webinar, will provide an overview of the VAT opportunity and will answer any questions you may have. Grant Thornton has been working in collaboration with Care England to raise awareness of this opportunity for several years and has worked with a number of Care England and Scottish Care members to implement the restructuring.
Not all local authorities and NHS bodies currently permit VAT recovery, however, close to 50% do, and as such we see a significant amount of additional funding which can be made available to your organisation to help offset some of the cost pressures providers are facing now. We believe that increasing the number of requests from providers will support the argument for VAT recovery in all local authority and NHS areas.
We hope you will join this webinar and consider if this VAT opportunity is something your organisation would like to consider further. This is not a sales opportunity, instead an opportunity to raise awareness, share knowledge and provide an update of the current regulatory landscape. All materials will be shared after the session, to those who are interested, together with contact details for Nick Garside and Emma Lomas of Grant Thornton UK LLP.
Details to register for this webinar is available on the Members Area.

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 24 January 2023
2023-01-24 11:00 - 11:45

Introducing Hi-Group Webinar - 26 January
2023-01-26 14:00 - 15:00
Introducing Hi-Group Webinar
Thursday 26 January – 2:00 pm
Hi – providing working capital for care providers by financing payroll and early access to pay
As the cost of living crisis grows, workers are finding their finances significantly impacted. At the same time, many Care businesses need support post-Covid, with rising costs and difficulty in recruiting. Hi tackles both problems, providing working capital by financing payroll whilst boosting employee wellbeing with flexible pay. One Hi member and care home employee said “I hope we always have ‘Hi’, it’s great!” Come and say Hi!
Find out more about Hi and their payroll system on: https://scottishcare.org/hi-freedom-of-pay-early-payments-to-staff-members/
Details to join this webinar will be available on the Members Area closer to the time of event.

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 31 January
2023-01-31 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 7 February
2023-02-07 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 14 February
2023-02-14 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 21 February
2023-02-21 11:00 - 11:30

Delayed Discharge Webinar
2023-02-23 14:00 - 16:00
We will be hosting an open webinar on delayed discharges due to the recent increased focus on this topic. This will take place on Thursday 23 February, 2:00 – 4:00 pm.

This session will be hosted by our Partners for Integration Joint National Lead, Jim Carle. We will be joined by the Partners for Integration and Care Technologist team and others to share innovation and practice in supporting delayed discharges.
The agenda for this webinar is as follows:

Jim Carle – Introduction from webinar host – 2:00 – 2:05 pm
Potential provider – Our Registration Journey – 2:05 – 2:20 pm
Care Tech Team – Innovation in Technology & Future Workforce – 2:20 – 2:40 pm
Aberdeen City –Innovations in care planning and care delivery – 2:55 – 3:10 pm
Forth Valley Home From Hospital Partnership – 3.10 pm – 3:25 pm
Fife –Hospital Discharge, Innovation & Initiatives – 3:25 – 3:50 pm
Jim Carle – Round up and the way forward – 3:50 pm – Close

Please note that this webinar will take place on Microsoft Teams and will be recorded. Registration is required.
Please join us for this important webinar session.
Register for this webinar here.

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 28 February
2023-02-28 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Social Care Nurses Network Conference – 7 March 2023
2023-03-07 10:00 - 16:00
The first-ever Scottish Social Care Nurses Conference will be taking place on Tuesday 7 March 2023 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow. This event is hosted by Scottish Care and the Scottish Social Care Nurses Network, in partnership with the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS).
This is open to any nurses working in social care or supporting social care. Attendees will get to hear from a number of keynote speakers and choose from different breakout sessions, including:

Namaste
Twitter and all that jazz – how to become an influencer in your sector
Palliative care
Future nursing models

The programme for this conference is available below.
Registration is required, please complete the following form if you are interested in attending:

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Nurse Event 2023 Programme (2)

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 7 March - CANCELLED
2023-03-07 11:00 - 11:30
Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, we have to cancel the surgery on Tuesday 7 March. Apologies for any inconvenience. The next members surgery will be on Tuesday 14 March, 11:00 am. Details will be available on the Members Area of our website.

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 14 March
2023-03-14 11:00 - 11:30

IRISR Engagement Session - 15 March
2023-03-15 13:00 - 14:00
The Chair of the Independent Review of Inspection Scrutiny & Regulation (IRISR), Dame Sue Bruce and the Vice Chair, Stuart Currie are hosting a bespoke engagement session for Scottish Care Members. This is scheduled for this Wednesday 15 March, between 1:00 – 2:00 pm.
The Chair and Vice Chair would like to use the session as an opportunity to allow members to share any pertinent information regarding inspection, regulation and scrutiny of social care services.
Please see below for the themes and questions from the stakeholder engagement sessions.
This engagement session will be held on Teams, please register via the Members Area.
Stakeholder Engagement Themes and Questions
Easy Read – Stakeholder Engagement Themes and Questions

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 21 March
2023-03-21 11:00 - 11:30

Care Inspectorate Webinar - 23 March
2023-03-23 14:00 - 15:00
We are delighted to welcome colleagues from the Care Inspectorate to our next webinar on Thursday 23 March 2023 at 2:00 pm. Mike Andrews, Service Manager and George McMillian, Team Manager from the Care Inspectorate will be hosting this session
The Care Inspectorate will discuss using the Quality Frameworks including Key Questions and Quality Indicators for Inspections in 2023/24. They will further discuss what to expect at an inspection and there will be an opportunity to ask questions.
This session will help you be aware of focus for inspections next year.
Please note that this webinar is on Microsoft Teams instead of Zoom. Registration is required, you will be sent an email invite a day before the session.
The registration link is now available on the Members Area of this website.

Social Care Campaign Lobby Month Summation - 31 March
2023-03-31 11:00 - 12:00
We would like to invite you to the ‘Social Care Campaign Lobby Month Summation’ on Friday 31 March 11:00 am – 12:00 pm via Zoom, to hear about the campaign engagement over the past month and to hear your ideas on what else we can do on the campaign.
Please register for this session at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArfumoqz8pHd0KpY0rdaX8lvhppUuYx8gy

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 4 April
2023-04-04 11:00 - 11:30
We are reverting back to fortnightly surgeries for both care home and care at home members. These sessions will be live every second Tuesday at 11:00 am.
This session will be hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and Deputy CEO, Karen Hedge.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 18 April
2023-04-18 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Care Members Surgery - 2 May 2023
2023-05-02 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Care Members Surgery - 16 May
2023-05-16 11:00 - 11:30
