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Technology Enabled Care: Tests of Change 2019/20

TEC: Tests of Change 2019/20 The Technology Enabled Care Programme Team are inviting applicants to participate in their 2019/20 Tests of Change initiative. Last year there was a very strong response to their invitation for applications which led to the initiation of their ‘Service Innovation Pipeline’ approach. This year they are keen to build on […]

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Administration of Medication Event: Guidelines for PAs

  Personal Assistants may often be supporting people to take or manage their medication. This can be from the beginning of a support arrangement or be something that comes up after a period of ill health. This event is an opportunity to discuss the idea of creating Guidelines that would support PAs and their employers […]

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Targets and Indicators for Health and Social Care Services in Scotland

Professor Sir Harry Burns’ report into the use of targets and indicators in Scotland – out now! Former Chief Medical Officer Sir Harry Burns has carried out an independent national review into targets and indicators for health and social care. The review considered how targets and performance indicators can lead to the best outcomes for […]

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Free Personal and Nursing Care for all in Scotland! (April 2019)

The much promised feasibility study into extending free personal care to under 65s has been published: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/09/6559 Following publication of the above, the First Minister has announced that “Scottish Government will start the work to fully implement Frank’s Law” (the campaign which began as a call for free personal care for under 65s who have […]

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the ALLIANCE: Personal experiences of Self Directed Support Report.

The Health and Social Care Alliance published a Report on personal experiences of Self-directed Support research that they undertook from October to December 2016. The research included a review of more recent publications and reports into the implementation and development of Self Directed Support, as well as an online survey for people using and managing Self […]

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