The long shadow of loss: Reflections for Baby Loss Awareness Week

Each October, Baby Loss Awareness Week asks us to pause and acknowledge the grief of parents whose children have died in pregnancy, at birth, or in infancy. It is a […]
Social care carries people: it is high time it was supported.

The following is based on an opening address given a couple of weeks ago at the Westminster Policy Conference. We meet in autumn. The air is a lot sharper. The […]
Ready for Regulation: Equipping Today’s Care Workforce – 29 Oct 2025

Ready for Regulation: Equipping Today’s Care Workforce – 29 Oct 2025
Manifesto 2025 Session 5: Building Future Ready Care Systems

Scottish Care Members’ Manifesto 2026 – A Call to Action. Session 5: Building Future Ready Care Systems.
Partners for Integration Event 2025 – 9 October

Save the date: Partners for Integration Event – 9th October 2025
Scottish Care Annual Report 2024-2025

We are excited to share our Annual Report for 2024-2025, which will be presented at today’s AGM in Glasgow. This Annual Report highlights the work and dedication of the Scottish Care […]
Manifesto 2025 Session 1: Rights at the Heart of Care (17 Sept 2025)

Scottish Care Members’ Manifesto 2026 – A Call to Action Session 1: Rights at the Heart of Care
The Distinctiveness of Social Care Nursing – A Call to Discernment

Just occasionally in a conversation or an exchange you hear a word, and it sparks imagination or memory. I was fortunate and have been now for a few weeks to […]
Media Release: Scottish Care Nursing Workforce Report 2025

Scottish Care Nursing Workforce Report 2025 warns of “critical strain” on sector Scottish Care will publish its Nursing Workforce Report 2025 on Wednesday 3 September, which reveals that Scotland’s independent […]
Letting go: grieving in the age of Ai.

In the aftermath of the Scottish Bereavement Charter Conference on the Future of Bereavement in Scotland – held a couple of days ago and which gathered a very thoughtful range […]
Disclosure Scotland Webinar – 4 Sept

Disclosure Scotland Webinar – 4 Sept 2025
Care Home Awards 2025 – Nomination Deadline Extended

The nomination deadline for the Care Home Awards 2025 has been extended to Friday 5 September 2025.
A change of seasons and realistic hope: social care at a critical point.

This past week has felt like a bit of a transition week. For those of us who are parents of school-age children most of us will have experienced either this […]
Social Care Nursing Conference 2025 – 3 September

Scottish Care is delighted to announce the 2025 Social Care Nursing Conference, titled ‘Unique Voice, Shared Purpose’.
Storyholding and handing back the pen: A reflection on care, autonomy, and ethical technology.

A story is not a luxury. It is not an embellishment added once other needs have been met. A story is central. It is how we come to know who […]
Tickets Launched – Care Home Conference 2025

Tickets are now live for the Care Home Conference & Exhibition 2025.
Taking down a book at all ages: a reflection for Book Lovers Day

I’ve always been fascinated by reading and by books – yet they need not necessarily be one and the same. For at a very early age of life the idea […]
Courageous Leadership: Leading with conscience, curiosity and commitment

Not for the first time and I suspect not the last – I found myself standing in an airport bookshop a few weeks ago – looking at the array of […]
Summer Bulletin 2025

Summer 2025 Bulletin Now Live!