CEO Review of the week to 1st May
The media has been dominated by the greater return to normality evidenced in the shops and pubs opening (with limits) on the 24th of April. The other very big story […]
CEO Review of the week to 17th April
It has been a couple of weeks since I wrote an update and I hope that the Easter period enabled some well needed rest and recuperation. Things have certainly moved […]
CEO Review of the week 20th to 27th March
It has been a week of real poignancy and sadness with acts of remembrance on the anniversary of lockdown held on Tuesday 23rd. But as the candles run down, the […]
CEO Review of the week 7th to 13th March
The last week has been another where it has felt things were beginning to balance. The First Minster’s announcement that there would be a change to the guidance in terms […]
CEO Review of the week 10th to 16th January.
It’s been another challenging week with some very sad statistics being surpassed both in terms of the numbers of new cases but also the number of people in hospital and […]
CEO Review of the week 5th to 9th January.
I know it is probably a day late but a Happy new Year to everyone. The first week of 2021 has brought about a great deal of activity with the […]
CEO Review of the week 13th to 19th December.
After what seemed to be a week of continual publication and positivity the last week has been a week of preparation and planning not least for Christmas and all that […]
CEO Review of the week 6th to 12th December.
It has been an interesting week with the first vaccinations for workers in some of our care homes and the start of vaccinations for people over the age of 80 […]
CEO Review of the week 29th November to 5th December.
Another week with a real sense of positive dynamic . On the positive side the news that the MHRA has signed off the Pfizer vaccine has given everyone a real […]
CEO Review of the week 22nd to 28th November.
Well, the week that has passed has been dominated by Christmas. I reflected a little bit of this in my blog last Saturday https://scottishcare.org/yearning-for-christmas-past-in-covid-times-a-personal-reflection/ but in the last week we […]
CEO Review of the week 15th to 21st November.
Despite the darkening days there seems to have been a societal change towards a more optimistic anticipation of the future. The news of positive response from the Pfizer, Moderna and […]
CEO Review of the week 8th to 14th November.
It has been a week which has witnessed some very sad statistics, chief amongst which has been the passing of the 50,000 deaths mark across the whole of the United […]
CEO Review of the week 1st to 7th November.
It has been another rather busy week of reports published by the Scottish Government. The first ever Winter Plan was published, alongside the report of the Root Cause Analysis Working […]
CEO Review of the week 25th to 31st October.
It has been an interesting and a busy week. Wednesday saw the publication of the delayed Public Health Scotland report on discharges from hospitals into care homes during the first […]
CEO Review of the week 18th October to 24th October.
I was struck during a meeting this week of the Clinical and Professional Advisory Group of a comment made by one of the clinicians., It was to the effect that […]
CEO Review of the week 11th to 17th October
Last week when I wrote this update, I reflected a great deal on the issues facing care at home and housing support and the Awards and Festival that we had […]
CEO Review of the week 4th October to 10th October.
As I write this, we have come to the end of our first ever virtual three-day conference, the Homecare Festival. It has been a successful event with lots of great […]
CEO Review of the week 27th September to 3rd October
If anyone doubted the ability of this virus to continue to wreak havoc upon hope and community it has been seen in the past week with a growing number of […]
CEO Review of the week 19th to 26th September
It has been a busy week during which I have had the pleasure of meeting many of our members. On Tuesday we held a meeting of branch chairs which saw […]