RGU – Return to practice module
Additional information on the Return to Practice Module from RGU.
The technology of touch: potential and limitation in the digital care age.
I am unashamedly an enthusiast for technology and gadgets. I may not have the latest phone or gizmo, but it is likely if you do I will look on with […]
Digital Safety Huddle Webinar – 27 August
Follow up webinar on the Turas Management, Digital Safety Huddle Tool on 27 August 2020.
Scottish Care’s statement on hospital transfers to care homes
Scottish Care’s media statement on hospital discharges to care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Life interrupted: preparing to do better. A blog from our CEO
I have been thinking a lot this week about the weather. The weather has always fascinated me, which is probably just as well for someone born in Scotland and with […]
Funding to prepare practitioners for non-medical prescribing
There are 5 funded places for the new non-medical prescribing course.
Launch of Turas Care Management Tool
The Turas Care Management tool will launch on Friday (14 August).
Tickets on sale for Care Tech 3 – 28 August
Tickets are now available for our third technology event ‘Care Tech 3’ – ‘Tech that Cares: making tech personal in COVID social care and beyond‘ which is scheduled for Friday 28 August […]
Extension to care home visiting announced
Next stage of family visiting introduced
The invisibility of loneliness: an opportunity to change – a blog from our CEO.
Like many others working in social care I receive invitations to attend events and conferences. This week I have received notification of no less than three conferences in the next […]
Extension of Influenza (flu) vaccination programme to include social care staff
The Scottish government is extending health board free flu vaccine programmes to include social care staff of all ages who have a direct hands-on care role.
Care Tech 3 – 28 August
Our third technology event – Care Tech 3 titled ‘Tech that Cares: making tech personal in post-COVID social care’ will take place on 28 August.
Support for EU citizens applying to the EU Settlement Scheme
The Citizens Advice network in Scotland provides a national service called the EU Citizens Support Service (EUCSS) to help EU citizens apply for the EU Settlement Scheme.
Funding deadline extended – Graduate Diploma in Integrated Community Nursing –
Deadline extension for funded places for the Graduate Diploma in Integrated Community Nursing course.
Digital Safety Huddle Webinar Recording
View the webinar recording for our Digital Safety Huddle Tool demo here.
The impact of COVID-19 on social care profile
Share your views and experiences of the sector’s profile through the Collective Care Futures programme
Home: a place of shielding and freedom: our CEO’s weekly blog.
I’m writing these words from the Isle of Skye where I arrived yesterday to visit family for the weekend. Every time I come to Skye I have a sense of […]
Graduate Diploma in Integrated Community Nursing – last chance to apply
Applications for the Graduate Diploma in Integrated Community Nursing closes tomorrow (31 July).
Scottish Care response to Social Care Support Fund
Scottish Care welcomed the establishment of the Social Care Support Fund recognising that no worker should experience financial hardship as a result of self-isolating or being tested Covid19 positive. This in part recognises that […]