Read Scottish Care’s response to integration inquiry

Read Scottish Care’s response to integration inquiry

The Scottish Parliament’s Health & Sport Committee recently issued a call for evidence in relation to integration authorities’ engagement with stakeholders, to which Scottish Care responded.

Full details of the inquiry can be found here.

To read Scottish Care’s response, click here.

The Committee held an evidence session on this topic this morning which Scottish Care contributed to.  More information can be found here.

Dr Donald Macaskill said:

‘The importance of having the independent sector which employs over 103,000 people at the table and influencing the shape of services has never been clearer. Real partnership involves presence. We are willing to contribute to reshaping care for older people – but we need to be there to share.”

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