Embracing Complexity: lessons for Social Care Reform in Scotland
Social care in Scotland stands at a critical juncture. Rising demand, workforce shortages, and financial pressures have created a system under strain. For years, reform efforts have focused on structural […]
Scottish Care Manifesto – Care Creates…
Introducing the Scottish Care Manifesto – Care Creates…
Five Nations Call for UK Backing on UN Older Persons’ Rights
Five Nations call for UK leadership on a UN Convention for the Rights of Older Persons
Beholden: A Human Rights Day reflection on social care.
On Human Rights Day 2025, which will take place this coming Wednesday on the 10th we are called to remember not only the rights enshrined in law but the relationships […]
Scottish Care Media Statement on Flu and Winter Restrictions
Scottish Care Media Statement on Flu and Winter Restrictions
Insights on Ethical Commissioning
Insights on Ethical Commissioning – Lynn Laughland MBE, Chief Executive Officer, HRM Homecare As Scottish Care’s advocacy for the thorough implementation of ethical commissioning and procurement progresses at pace towards […]
The Trees of Hallaig: Roots of Care, Leaves of Memory
The following extended blog is the substance of an address delivered to the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care conference on the 13th November. I want to begin not with policy, […]
Upcoming Webinars: Care Inspectorate Powers under the Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025
Upcoming Webinars: Care Inspectorate Powers under the Care Reform (Scotland) Act 2025
A Budget that must care; Scotland’s social care disintegration demands action.
As the UK Chancellor prepares to deliver the Budget next Wednesday, Scotland stands at a crossroads. For too long, social care has been treated as an afterthought or as the […]
Media Statement: Scottish Care Warns Immigration Proposals Threaten Scotland’s Care Sector
Scottish Care Warns Immigration Proposals Threaten Scotland’s Care Sector.
Media Statement: Scottish Care Responds to Covid Inquiry Module 2
Scottish Care welcomes the publication of the latest findings of the Covid Inquiry Module 2 report which covered political decision making during the pandemic.
Care Home Awards 2025 – Winners Announced!
We are delighted to announce our 2025 Care Home Award Winners.
The Quiet Power of Friendship: A Reflection for Book Week Scotland 2025
When I was growing up, there were a few select books that appeared every year with faithful regularity on my grandmother’s bedside table. One of them which is still going […]
The stories we tell: reflections from Boston and the future of ageing
At the Global Ageing Conference in Boston, I found myself not just attending a keynote but entering a new narrative; a reframing of ageing that challenges our assumptions and invites […]
Beyond the Edge: from ‘crisis’ to reimagining social care in the Highlands.
The following is adapted from a speech given in Fort William on the 24th October at an event organised by Angus MacDonald MP whose primary focus was to explore his […]
World Stroke Day 2025: ‘Every Minute Counts’ – the critical role of social care.
Next Wednesday, 29th October, is World Stroke Day, which gives us an opportunity to reflect not only on the global burden of stroke but on its deeply personal and local […]
Digi Bites – AI for Care Providers
Digi Bites Sessions for Members
‘It’s Just My Age’ : A Reflection for World Menopause Day
Today, October 18, is World Menopause Day. When I was growing up, menopause was a word rarely spoken aloud. It was cloaked in euphemism and silence, even in health and […]
Finalists Revealed for the 2025 Care Home Awards!
Care Home Awards 2025 finalists revealed.