Scottish Government response to foster care review
The Foster Care Review, established in December 2012 by the Scottish Government to address a number of issues identified by our stakeholders and by foster carers, and as part of
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Category: Reports & Resources
Minimising the harms of khat
The Government has announced its decision to control the herbal stimulant khat as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Dugs Act 1971. Earlier this year, the Advisory Council
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What does prevention mean in an ageing population? (Podcast)
Plan P: New approaches to prevention with older people, is an IRISS project which addresses the issue of social isolation and loneliness amongst older people. Each quarter the advisory group
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Releasing Time to Care (RTC)
The NHS Scotland Releasing Time to Care (RTC) Community of Practice (CoP) website is for all clinicians and colleagues from Health and Social Care settings around NHSScotland who are working
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The case for care leave: families, work and the ageing population
As society faces the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population, longer life expectancies and extended working lives, more and more people are trying to manage work alongside caring for
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Care leavers and benefits: Giving good advice leaflet
Scottish Throughcare and Aftercare Forum and Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) have produced a factsheet explaining the special benefit rules affecting some young care leavers. Many 16 and 17-year-olds who
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Family support in Scotland
A report examined whole-family support in Scotland for families facing multiple disadvantage. It said that their lives were often complex and that the best services worked with that complexity, but
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Maxed Out: Serious personal debt in Britain
Millions of people in the UK are currently struggling under the weight of their personal debt. Squeezed household budgets, the rising cost of living and a stagnant economy have pushed
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Findings series 39 – Poverty, parenting and poor health
There is a considerable amount of evidence that early years’ and childhood experiences can have profound and long-lasting consequences for health and wellbeing in later life. This briefing paper summarises
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How is the health and social care system performing? January 2014
While our analysis of key performance data in the latest quarterly monitoring report shows that NHS performance is holding up well, the survey findings from finance directors working in the
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