New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for social/community care and residential settings – 13 March
Alongside colleagues in Scottish Government, the Care Inspectorate and Health Improvement Scotland we are issuing further information specifically for care homes.
Information on Coronavirus (Covid-19) from NHS Scotland
As part of the Scotland-wide, coordinated response to coronavirus (covid-19), NHS 24 provides regular updates to advice and information via the NHSinform.scot website (https://www.nhsinform.scot/coronavirus). NHS 24 has also set up […]
Life Changes Trust: ‘All Things Tech’ Event – 24 March
The Life Changes Trust, along with the William Grant Foundation, Alzheimer Scotland and HammondCare is hosting a free event on Tuesday 24th March at Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre called “All […]
Response from Jackson Carlaw MSP to our social care immigration letter
On Friday 21 February, Scottish Care issued an open letter to Jackson Carlaw MSP, Leader of the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party, from Scottish Care CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill. It […]
New briefing paper for Scottish Care members on Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Scottish Care has prepared the a briefing paper on Coronavirus (COVID-19) for Scottish Care members with the most up to date advice.
Information on the 2020-21 Free Personal and Nursing Care Charges
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Important alert: phishing phone calls
It has come to our attention that care providers are receiving phishing phone calls. The first incident happened with providers in the Dumfries & Galloway area who raised concern about […]
Safeguarding You Safeguarding Me Seminar – 6 March 2020
The Richmond Fellowship Scotland is hosting and facilitating a free seminar/workshop for Learning Disability Provider organisations. This seminar is titled Getting our Voices Heard: Safeguarding You Safeguarding Me. This is […]
A reminder from the Care Inspectorate for services to submit their annual return by 14 February
Each year, we ask services to complete an annual return. This gives us important information that helps us plan, inform and carry out our inspections. We also share some of […]
Citation’s Care Community Event – 18 Feb
Citation are running an event for local care providers in partnership with Scottish Care where experts from Citation – Care Business Manager, Mick Feather and HR and business guru, Flora Neville – […]
Midlife and Menopause Webinar
I’m delighted to inform you that Shiona Johnston (Midlife Menopause Mentor, Dumfries House) has kindly agreed to support my January nursing blog on Workforce Wellbeing – Menopause in the Workplace, […]
Launch of the Scottish Government’s Adult Social Care Recruitment Stakeholder Toolkit
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Scottish Care Workforce Focus Group – 4 Feb
I would like to invite you to attend one of our Scottish Care Workforce focus groups that we are holding in February around current issues and challenges facing Managers and […]
Making policy: exploring care work and poverty
**Register via Eventbrite here** The UWS-Oxfam Partnership is inviting a wide range of stakeholders for a discussion about what needs to change in Scotland to ensure we have fair recognition […]
Healthcare Associated Infection (HCAI) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Policy Requirements
Scottish Care has received the letter below from the Scottish Government confirming the Healthcare Associated Infection (HCAI) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) policy requirements. Some of the elements will only apply […]