Members (Care Home) Archives

NMC – Update to Registration Fees & Fitness to Practise Changes

Following a 12‑week public consultation (3 November 2025 – 26 January 2026), the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has agreed two significant changes: An increase to annual registration fees – […]

Intergenerational Engagement Standards Programme

Shaping the Future of Connection in Care The National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) has launched a pioneering new programme to develop National Intergenerational Engagement Standards for Care Homes, marking a significant […]

CEO Review – 18th April 2026

I’ve been on leave for the last week and so I’ve not been engaged in usual business. Not surprisingly things have moved at a slightly different pace given that we […]

CEO Review – 4th April 2026.

This comes to you during the Easter weekend and I hope you and yours are having an opportunity for some down time and those of you who are working that […]

National Review of Equipment in Care Homes Engagement Session

National Review of Equipment in Care Home Guidance – Engagement Session with Care Homes Tuesday 16 April 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Microsoft Teams As part of the national review […]

FOISA Consultation – Draft Response

Scottish Care has now prepared a draft organisational response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the proposed extension of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) to private and […]

Anne’s Law – Code of practice

The Anne’s Law code of practice was published earlier this week. Link: Anne’s Law Code of Practice The Care Home Services (Visits to and by Care Home Residents) (Scotland) Regulations […]

Care Inspectorate New Corporate Plan 2026-31

Care Inspectorate is publishing their new Corporate Plan 2026-31 this week and will come into effect on 1 April 2026. They are also publishing a ‘Who we are’ document that […]

HSCP Residential Charging

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CEO Review – 21st March 2026.

National Care Home Contract (NCHC) – where we are now Over the last fortnight the intensity around the National Care Home Contract has not eased and if anything, it has […]

Advance Notification of Increases 2026/27

We are writing to share information received from the Scottish Government on the advance notification of proposed increases for 2026/27.

CEO Review – 7th March 2026.

NCHC and Homecare framework legal vote Members will be aware the last Friday I wrote to ask for a vote in relation to seeking legal advice to withdraw both from […]

New shortened advocacy letter – Real Living Wage Uplift

Following feedback from Members, we have reviewed the advocacy letter developed to support engagement in the Real Living Wage Uplift/Sustainability Advocacy Pack for Care at Home & Housing Support.

Surveys on New Scots’ experiences in the Adult Social Care workforce

We are sharing the following request to support important work aimed at better understanding the experiences of New Scots within the ASC workforce in Scotland.