Launch of the Pastoral Care Quality Award – 7 July 2026
Overview of the Award The Pastoral Care Quality Award (PCQA) recognises social care providers in Scotland who demonstrate a strong commitment to the wellbeing, support, and integration of their workforce, […]
Scottish Care Engagement Session: Scotland Excel Future Role Options (23 June)
Tuesday 23 June 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Microsoft Teams Scottish Care is hosting an engagement session with senior colleagues from Scotland Excel. The one-and-a-half-hour session will be facilitated by […]
CEO Update 30th May 2026
Care at Home and Housing Support conference and awards It feels only right to begin where I left my last report, because the reflections and learning from our Care at […]
Care Inspectorate – Manage my Service
In August 2026, the Care Inspectorate will launch Manage my Service, a new dedicated digital portal for managing your interactions with them. Manage my Service is a single, unified platform, which […]
Important update from NMC: information for employers
Please see below an important update/press release from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), along with a letter to employers, regarding a recently identified issue in its historical processes and […]
Scottish Government Workshop: Digital and Data Provisions in Care Reform – 10 June
The Scottish Government Digital Health and Care team would like to invite members to an online workshop on 10 June 2026 from 11.30-12.30 to help shape policy development in relation […]
CEO Update 16th May 2026
Care at Home and Housing Support conference and awards. Yesterday we celebrated the annual Care at Home and Housing Support conference and awards which took place at the Radisson Blu […]
Responding to Climate Events in Long-Term Care: International Perspectives
This webinar recording is part of a Global Virtual Roundtable series organised in partnership by the Global Ageing Network, National Care Forum, Scottish Care, Ontario Long Term Care Association and […]
CEO Update 2nd May 2026
Scottish Election. In the last update I gave a little bit of an analysis of the manifestos of each of the main political parties. Since that period it has certainly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]