The SSSC, in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland (NES), NHS24, and the Scottish Centre for Telehealth and Telecare (SCTT), recently commissioned research into the extent the health and social care workforce
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Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published ‘Free Personal and Nursing Care, Scotland 2013-14’. This statistics release presents information on the number of people benefiting from free personal care and free nursing
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The new edition of the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care is now available. It includes articles on: the education of looked after children the children’s hearings’ system
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Care Act leadership needs to be about co-production, not command and control. Leaders should be willing to take risks, and to step back and share their power with people who
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has issued new guidance for trainers working with newly qualified social workers (NQSW), social workers and other professionals who work in adult care and
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Adapting to the preventative agenda is one key challenge for the new integrated Health and Social Care Partnerships being established across Scotland. Their role is vital to the practical embedding
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The Self-directed Support (SDS) and Gypsy/Travellers research report presents the findings of a one-year research project, funded by the Scottish Government, exploring the potential of SDS to meet the care and
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As part of their wider Improvement Plan, West Midlands Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and Improvement & Efficiency West Midlands approached HSMC to work with them to look
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NICE has published a new quality standard on managing medicines in care homes. It covers the prescribing, handling and administering of medicines for all people (including adults, children and young
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The aim of the research was to explore the costs of short break services for disabled children and their families. The study also sought to understand the contracting and commissioning
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