Media Statement on the National Care Home Contract
Yesterday Scottish Care care home members concluded a week-long vote on the National Care Home Contract.
Care Home Awards 2023 – Open for Nominations!
Entries for this year’s Care Home Awards are now open! Help us celebrate care and nominate now!
Summer Bulletin 2023
Scottish Care’s 2023 Summer Bulletin has now been published online and is available to view.
A cost not worth paying: a reflection for Alcohol Awareness Week
This coming week is Alcohol Awareness Week which is an annual event run under the auspices of Alcohol Change UK. It is an event designed to change our relationship to […]
Job Opportunity – Policy Lead (Ethical Commissioning)
Scottish Care wishes to appoint a Policy Lead to work at a strategic level as part of our national team.
The weaving of the human: the importance of spiritual care for all.
There are times when in the midst of all the flurry of publications, reports and essays something appears and often falls under the radar because there is so much happening […]
Four seasons in one day: a reflection on ageing and climate.
There is something of a delicious Scottish irony that after weeks of continual sunshine and at the end of a week in which an official heatwave was recorded for many […]
Hollowed out: the loneliness of grief.
There are so many lonely people who spend their time in the company of absence; whose only conversation is with emptiness. I’ve met many of them. Monday sees the start […]
Is the human race or our humanity at risk? AI and social care.
Dire warnings about the end of the world are normally the stuff of placard bearing street preachers prophesying Old Testament style global ending but in the last week mainstream media […]
It’s not just a building: the grief behind care home closures.
I’ve spent more than my usual time this past week in TV studios, speaking to journalists and doing interviews. The reason has been a media statement published by Scottish Care […]
Scottish Care comment on withdrawal of extended use of face coverings
Scottish Care comment on Withdrawal of the Coronavirus (COVID-19): extended use of face masks and face coverings guidance across health and social care.
Scottish Care Media Statement on the National Care Home Contract
This media statement is being released in response to a number of recent queries on the National Care Home Contract.
Care at Home & Housing Support Awards 2023 – Winners
Winners announced for the National Care at Home & Housing Support Awards 2023.
Keeping care at home: time to invest in preventative social care and support.
Yesterday was the Scottish Care, Care at Home and Housing Support conference which was held in Glasgow with the theme ‘Keeping Care at Home’. It was followed by an evening […]
The essence of nursing : a reflection
This blog formed part of a speech delivered at Erskine Home, Renfrewshire to celebrate the International Day of the Nurse 2023. As many of you might know from some of […]
Time to make history: days to remember.
Today is a day when history will be made. That’s probably the understatement of the hour because you would be hard pressed to have avoided awareness of the fact that […]
Losing confidence? Social care shall rise.
This past week I had the pleasure of spending some time with social care colleagues from the rest of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Five Nations Care Forum is […]
Job Opportunity – Independent Sector Lead: Inverclyde
We are seeking to engage an Independent Sector Lead to support the Integration of Health and Social Care in Inverclyde.
Job Opportunity – Policy & Research Officer (Maternity Cover)
An opportunity has arisen for a Policy & Research Officer to join our national team.