Audit Scotland tries hard to use building language in their reports, but it was obviously a real challenge when it comes to health and care integration.
Audit Scotland has recently published their…Read more…
Care integration – lessons from Wales
Delivering better health and care integration is a challenge in all parts of the U.K. and internationally. We should try and learn from experiences elsewhere, and I was in Cardiff today contributing…Read more…
Funding, not more quangos will improve care integration
The implementation of health and care integration won’t be achieved on the cheap. While there should be long-term savings and better care from a shift to community services, it will take time to…Read more…
Action to recruit and retain health and care staff
The health and care sector in Scotland is facing significant recruitment and retention problems at a time when we need to expand the workforce. We need to take action now.
Today, I was giving…Read more…
Valuing the workforce is the key to better social care
The key to delivering high quality social care in Scotland is a fairly paid, well-trained workforce that is given the time to care properly.
Today, I was giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament…Read more…
Home care workers say – We care, do you?
Scotland needs a quality home care service to meet the growing demand and also ensures that patients who shouldn’t be in hospital are cared for at home. While there is a welcome commitment to address…Read more…
Valuing the social care workforce
Social care is delivered by people, informal carers and workers, not robots. This means improving the quality of care in Scotland has to seriously address workforce issues.
I was facilitating a…Read more…
Time to get serious about social care
While sound and fury explodes all around us on NHS spending, spare a thought for the crisis in Scotland’s social care system.
Today, I was in parliament for the launch of the Commission for the…Read more…
Creating better jobs starting with those who care for others
If we are to create better jobs in Scotland we need to recognise and take action on job security, worker control, appropriate demand, fair pay and opportunities for training and development.
I was…Read more…
Can more legislation raise care standards?
Effectively tackling harm, abuse and neglect in health and care settings is vitally important, but is more legislation the best way to address this issue?
I was giving evidence to the Scottish…Read more…
Giving social care the priority it deserves
The social care crisis in Scotland is not given the priority it deserves, but there is a growing consensus about what needs to be done.
I was speaking at the Care Scotland, care at home conference…Read more…
Priorities for health and care integration
Given the history of health and care integration, we should be wary of raising expectations over what the new bodies will be able to achieve
All Health Boards and Local Authorities in Scotland are…Read more…
Focus on social care to end bed blocking
With thousands of beds blocked this winter by patients healthy enough to return home, it’s time for politicians to put as much focus on social care as they are on NHS Scotland.
Thanks to data…Read more…