Skills for Health has published a Labour Market Intelligence report exploring and analysing the health sector in Scotland. The in-depth report was commissioned by the Scottish Government as one of
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A report examined how welfare reforms introduced in 2012 were affecting service demand and delivery of third sector social care and support services, including the impact on staff roles, welfare
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In a year in which Scotland’s constitutional future is to be decided, this latest in the Poverty in Scotland series provides an indispensable overview of the poverty and anti-poverty policies
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This article presents findings from a focused scoping review of the published literature on self-directed support (SDS), the term adopted by the Scottish Government to refer to its policy to
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The Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) is inviting practitioners, academics, policy makers and others working with looked after children to submit a proposal for a
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Scotland’s social care watchdog says people across the country are more aware than ever of their rights when it comes to complaining about services. The regulator, which scrutinises care services
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the findings from research into the outcomes of adult protection in Scotland, with particular focus on how service users, family
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This paper examines the association between housing tenure mix and health outcomes for urban residents. The analysis used Cox’s proportional hazard regression modelling with a range of health measures from
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Nearly 100 groups to benefit from £966,000 third-sector skills development fund. Funding of more than £950,000 is being allocated to help Scotland’s care providers to meet their workforce qualification requirements.
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Broad and international literature exists on networked governance which has both described and informed recent transformations in local government. Reforms in the UK have led to the development of strategic
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