Deadline extended for Graduate Diploma in Integrated Community Nursing
Deadline now extended for Graduate Diploma in Integrated Community Nursing.
The season of remembrance: the power of story.
Remembering is in the air. Today marks the end of the ‘To Absent Friends Week ‘ which is an astonishingly creative and vibrant festival. The festival is based on the […]
Care Inspectorate: Report on the Medicine Improvement Project
The Care Inspectorate has published the final report from their medicine improvement project.
To Absent Friends – a festival to remember in times of covid
A collective of charities and interested organisations will shine a light on bereavement this week, as they launch the To Absent Friends festival 2020.
Job Opportunity – Independent Sector Lead: Scottish Borders
We are seeking to engage an Independent Sector Lead to support the Integration of Health and Social Care in the Scottish Borders.
The harvesting of hope through Covid solidarity: a personal reflection for Halloween.
Perhaps it’s because I have the blood of generations of Gaels coursing through me that I have always been fascinated by Halloween, or should I say, Samhain. Samhain is the […]
Turas Webinar Recording – 30 October
View the recording for our Digital Safety Huddle Webinar here.
Scottish Care statement on discharges into care homes
Scottish Care statement on discharges into care homes
Urgent request for care homes regarding CHAT
Urgent request from our Transforming Workforce Lead regarding the CHAT Covid-19 app. She is looking for care homes to share what escalation tools they are using to record deteriorating residents in residential homes.
‘Get up, stand up for your rights’: a call for an Older Peoples’ Commissioner. A blog for United Nations Day.
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. At different stages of our life we probably most of us need heroes. For some they will be the celluloid stars of imagination, […]
Save the date – Care Home Conference & Awards extension
Our annual care home conference and awards have been postponed.
Homecare Festival – recordings available for purchase
Session recordings for the Homecare Festival are now available for purchase.
Transition from student to qualified nurse – October Nursing Blog
Latest nursing blog from our Transforming Workforce Lead.
Communications for Social Care Workers – Travel
A communication has been put together to answer queries from social care workers regarding travel since the new restrictions were announced.
Draft Care Homes Digital Action Plan – Engagement Process
The Digital Response Care Homes Group has produced a draft Care Homes Digital Action Plan.
Care home visiting: the keeping of promises in winter: a personal reflection.
In the week that has passed one thing has dominated my conversation and consideration – care home visiting. On Monday the Cabinet Secretary published Guidance which amongst other things extended […]
Announcement on updated adult care homes visiting guidance – 12 Oct 2020
Including Scottish Care statement re. the updated guidance on visiting in adult care homes
Help shape the delivery of COVID-19 vaccination to social care staff
NHS Scotland want to speak to frontline social care staff as part of research to inform the delivery of a future COVID-19 vaccination to social care workers.
Palliative humanity: living through dying a blog for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
When the story of the pandemic is finally written I hope that one of the chapters in that tome will be the recounting of how as individuals and as a […]