CEO Review of the week to 24th February 2024
A couple of days ago Scottish Care care home members voted to accept the offer from COSLA/Scotland Excel. This was, as I highlighted in my letter, the closest vote that […]
Response to question on NCHC 2024
I was asked during the EGM about the presumptions in the latest offer in relation to pensions. We can confirm that in previous years there has been a 3% contribution […]
CEO Review of the week to 10th February 2024
Well a week is a long time in politics. We now have a new Cabinet Secretary. Mr Matheson has left the role and has been replaced by Neil Gray. […]
CEO Review of the week to 27th January 2024
After a considerable degree of preparation and planning I gave evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry on Thursday 18th January. The evidence session covered a range of issues not least […]
CEO Review of the week to 13th January 2024
Not sure if this is too late but I tend to think late January is still okay – so a Happy new Year to everyone and I trust that you […]
CEO Review of the week to 23rd December 2023
Well, the Scottish Government Budget managed to surpass all the expectations we had of it. Although I wrote in my blog last week about our hope and aspirations that the […]
CEO Review of the week to 9th December 2023
It’s been a week of significant policy announcements at both Westminster and Holyrood. On Monday we saw the Home Secretary James Cleverley announce a host of measures in response to […]
CEO Review of the week to 25th November 2023
This past week I have attended the first ‘negotiation’ meeting of the 24-25 National Care Home Contract settlement – in truth it was not so much a negotiation but an […]
CEO Review of the week to 11th November 2023
Yet again this past week has seen more evidence from Care Home Relatives Scotland at the Scottish Covid Inquiry and in the following weeks the Scottish Bereaved Families Group will […]
CEO Review of the week to 14th October 2023
The last time I wrote this update I included a copy of the letter to Scotland Excel and COSLA stipulating conditions to start discussions for 24-25. Karen and I finally […]
CEO Review of the week to 30th September 2023
As reported last time Karen and I met COSLA and Scotland Excel colleagues this past week to start work on revamping the Cost of Care Model on which the whole […]
CEO Review of the week to 16th September 2023
Well, it was finally announced – our amazing frontline staff are to get £12 an hour – from April 2024 – by which time the Real Living Wage is likely […]
CEO Review of the week to 2nd September 2023
I mentioned in my last update that both Karen and I had been invited to attend a Winter Planning session led by the NHS at which the Cab Sec was […]
CEO Review of the week to 19th August 2023
The seasons are changing as in most places across the country the holidays are coming to an end and the schools start to return. I was in discussions this week […]
CEO Review of the week to 5th August 2023
As is always the case things tend to slow down in the political and policy sense during the summer period. We have as Karen noted in her update last week […]
CEO Review of the week to 21 July 2023
CEO Review of the week to 21 July 2023, written by Deputy CEO, Karen Hedge.
CEO Review of the week to 8th July 2023
Care home members will have been informed about the result of the vote which was conducted in the last week. We have issued a media statement which is available on […]
CEO Review of the week to 24th June 2023
As previously intimated, I met the Cabinet Secretary for a face-to-face meeting on Monday 19th June. The meeting could best be described as frank and robust. The Cabinet Secretary was […]
CEO Review of the week to 10th June 2023
We have continued to hold discussions with Scottish Government officials and on Thursday I met again with senior officers. It was the frankest of our exchanges to date and we […]