CEO Review – 10th January 2026.
Happy New Year and I hope that folks managed some down time over the festive period. We enter into what is one of the most critical years for social care […]
CEO Review – 13th December 2025.
Flu There is a growing clamour in the media around the so called ‘Super Flu.’ Scottish Care on our recent statements to the media has tried to highlight the importance […]
CEO Review – 29th November 2025.
It has been a really busy couple of weeks with a lot of things happening. Some of the main issues follow: Covid Inquiry With the barest impact on the media […]
CEO Review – 15th November 2025.
A brief update this week, Well at long last the meeting of the two has happened – the Cabinet Secretary has met Cllr Kelly, the political Spokesperson on Health and […]
CEO Review – 25th October 2025.
I returned to work on Tuesday having been on leave for a week and have spent a couple of days traveling to and attending an all-day event yesterday in Fort […]
CEO Review – 11th October 2025.
Finance This is almost becoming like a bizarre episode of the Twilight Zone. As regular readers will know we had hoped that the Cabinet Secretary would meet Councillor Currie from […]
CEO Review – 27th September 2025.
Finance A couple of days after I wrote the last update, I was informed by COSLA that the Cabinet Secretary had cancelled the arranged meeting with Cllr Currie to finally […]
CEO Review – 13th September 2025.
Finance Well at long last! Since I last wrote this update there seems to be some movement in terms of the financial resilience support report which I’ve begun to call […]
CEO Review – 30th August 2025.
Schools are back and Parliament has even started so the excuses for inactivity should well and truly be disappearing in the autumn mists. Over the last week we have made […]
CEO Review – 16th August 2025.
There is still a sense of tumbleweed going through the political corridors as the summer recess continues and Ministers and many officials seem to be on holiday. Now that the […]
CEO Review – 2nd August 2025.
It has been a quiet couple of weeks with so many people on holiday including the Cabinet Secretary, but this has allowed for some meetings to take place which might […]
CEO Review – 19th July 2025.
I hope readers are enjoying the summer which in typical fashion is swaying between glorious intense sunshine if not an actual heatwave and gales and torrential rain. This summer is […]
CEO Review – 28th June 2025.
Care Reform Bill/Act Members should now have received the detailed analysis and briefing paper on the Care Reform Bill which will receive Royal Assent over the next few weeks. We […]
CEO Review – 14th June 2025.
Parliament Some weeks there is not a lot happening in the Scottish Parliament but that could not be said for the week that is just passed. After 3 years of […]
CEO Review – 31st May 2025.
This is a shorter update as I have been on annual leave for most of the past week but wanted to mention a few things. (written on Wednesday 28th) Operation […]
CEO Review – 17th May 2025.
An interesting week – Immigration. They say that a week is a long time in politics but in truth I think we need to find an equivalent saying for social […]
CEO Review – 3rd May 2025.
VAT changes. Many members will be aware of the sudden notice issued by the HMRC in relation to VAT groupings. See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-and-customs-brief-2-2025-the-use-of-vat-grouping-within-the-care-industry/use-of-vat-grouping-within-the-care-industry This decision has potentially profound implications for some […]
CEO Review of the week to 19th April 2025
Wider financial sustainability. Last time I wrote my update I informed you that we had been involved in contributing to a report which was to be shared with COSLA political […]
CEO Review – 5th April 2025.
NCHC It is just over a week since care home members voted to accept the latest NCHC offer, albeit with considerable reluctance and on the part of many a sense […]