Hugh Mackintosh, Director, Barnardo’s Scotland, gives Care Appointments a unique insight into the organisation’s work in staff development, user participation and making a difference…

{mosimage}Belinda Dewar, Scotland’s first ever Nurse Consultant for Older People, spoke with Care Appointments about the challenges of her new role and her vision for the future of the care home sector…

{mosimage}David Comley, Director of Social Work Services with Glasgow City Council, talks recruitment, retention and workforce development.

Care Appointments meets Helen MacDonald, an epilepsy fieldworker who herself suffers from the condition…

Serbia’s legion of secret, battered wives are at last speaking up about the daily violence many of them endure, but social workers and support groups warn that there is much work still to be done.

Care Appointments caught up with the outgoing Convener of the Care Commission, Mary Hartnoll, to get her views on the performance of the organisation since its inception

Maureen Anderson, Director of Vocational Studies at the Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care highlights the success of the Core Skills Appraisal Project

Jacqueline Cullen, Chief Executive of Scottish Care, discusses the latest funding settlement for the independent and nursing home sector.

Ruth Stark, Professional Officer at BASW Scotland, examines the challenges of living and working in small rural and island communities…

Andrew Lowe, Director of Social Work, Scottish Borders Council poses The Scottish Question…