CEO Review Saturday 22nd August 2026
As I write this update, preparations are continuing for next week’s Social Care Nursing Conference and there is a sense that, whilst it may officially still be summer, the pace […]
International Lessons for Long-Term Care Reform: How Change Happens – 24 Sept
An Ageing Commons webinar Date: 24 September 2026 Time: 8.00 US EST/ 9.00 CLT/ 13.00 BST/ 14.00 CET/ 15.30 IST/ 21.00 JST (you can check your local time here) Link: register to join on Zoom What […]
Migrant Lived Experience Panel
Join the Migrant Lived Experience Panel. Be part of a leading edge approach to integrating lived experience into policy and practice influencing. Requirements: Candidates must be based in Scotland and […]
CEO Review – 8th August 2026
The first full week of August has brought with it that familiar mixture of apparent summer quietness and very real organisational intensity. From the outside, this can sometimes seem […]
Building Climate-Resilient Social Care Guidance
Social care providers and practitioners are being encouraged to explore a new resource aimed at strengthening resilience to the impacts of climate change across the sector. Published through the Adaptation […]
“What Matters to You” Leadership Workshop in Inverness
Join a leadership workshop in Inverness to explore kindness, listening and what matters most in care and support. Working in partnership, the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE), […]
New National Infection Prevention and Control Strategy Published for Scotland
A new ten-year strategy setting out Scotland’s vision for infection prevention and control (IPC) across health and social care has been published. An Infection Prevention and Control Strategy for Scotland: […]
Displaced Worker Recruitment Events 2026-27
Scottish Care, CCPS, COSLA and Osborne and Allan are pleased to invite Scottish social care providers to participate in a series of upcoming social care recruitment events. Events are planned […]
Re-Launch of the Adult Social Care Displaced Worker Scheme – 31 July
The Adult Social Care Displaced Worker Scheme offers targeted funding to adult social care employers based in Scotland to recruit displaced adult social care workers who are already in the […]
CEO Review – 25th July 2026
A month away from writing this update and, inevitably, a great deal seems to have happened. A few weeks in politics is now almost a geological age, and the last […]
Flexible Workforce Development Fund – Applications Opening Soon
Glasgow Clyde College will soon open applications for the New Flexible Workforce Development Fund (FWDF), providing funding to support training, skills development and career progression. The fund is available to […]
Social Care PVG Check Fee Waiver Letter – 2026-27
Please find attached a letter confirming the details of the Social Care Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) checks fee waiver scheme that was announced on the 13 January 2026 by the […]
Complaints about the Care Inspection Function Webinar
Scottish Care is pleased to invite you to our upcoming webinar: Complaints about the Care Inspection Function Wednesday, 12 August 2026 1:00pm – 2:00pm Online via Microsoft Teams This informative session is […]
Help Shape the Future of MyCare.scot
Colleagues across adult social care are being invited to contribute to the development of the new“About Me” feature within MyCare.scot, Scotland’s national digital front door for health and social care. […]
Social Care Nurses Network Journal – July 2026
Discover the latest insights and developments in social care nursing with the release of the seventh edition of the Scottish Social Care Nurses Network Journal for July 2026. Read it […]
Political Engagement: Member Briefing (June 2026)
We have published a new practical briefing to support members to engage with MSPs and influence the new Scottish Parliament. The MSP Engagement Member Briefing provides: An overview of the […]
State of Caring 2026 Survey
Every year, thousands of carers and former carers take part in Carer Scotland’s annual State of Caring survey, helping to build the most comprehensive picture of unpaid carers’ lives in […]
CEO Review – 27th June 2026
A fortnight of footballing hope and familiar disappointment, and a week of political churn and a ‘Manchester Messiah’. It is never a dull time! Over the last two weeks there […]
CEO Update 13th June 2026
It has been another exceptionally busy fortnight, and one in which several of the issues I highlighted in my last update have continued to develop even if not progress! […]