Nicola Sturgeon has announced a review of adult social care with the aim of creating a National Care Service in Scotland. The First Minister said the service could be a
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The UK Government is being urged to “do the right thing” and make care workers from outside the UK eligible for visas. Scottish ministers said they were “dismayed” that their
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The social care system should be reformed so individuals pay for what they want while the state covers what they need, a new report says. The centre-right Centre for Policy
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Linda Hynd is the registered manager of Sense Scotland’s Tullideph Housing Support and Care at Home Services Team in Dundee, which supports people with learning disabilities, sensory impairments and complex
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A new report, published by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), shows that more people than ever before work in Scotland’s social services. There are some 206,400 people in the
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Families caring for disabled adults feel “forgotten” and “fobbed off” during the coronavirus pandemic, a survey has indicated. Three-quarters of families caring for a loved one at home had no
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Patients whose ill-health may be linked to being overweight should be routinely weighed at appointments to help stave off obesity and spiralling care costs, councils say. Concern around offending overweight
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It is a “national disgrace” that hundreds of thousands of people in supported living are not able to get regular coronavirus testing, a care sector leader has said. Community Integrated
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A joint national and local approach to coronavirus testing and contact tracing needs “a change in flow of resources” to help councils cover the costs of trying to reach people,
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Two in three employers say they want more support from care services to help keep staff at work, according to a new survey. Research by charity Carers UK shows most
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