Scottish Care

  A major provider of social and housing care in Scotland, Bield Housing and Care, has decided to close 12 of its care homes by April 2018. The closures affect…

I have confidence in the organisation providing my care and support I have been describing each week, one of the five headline outcomes which form the main structure of the…

The Chief Executive of the Care Inspectorate in Scotland, Karen Reid, has written to care providers, advocating that they become familiar with the layout and content of the new Health…

Social Service Knowledge Scotland has provided on its website a range of information about good practice, policy, publications, frameworks and leaflets. The site states that it was developed in partnership…

The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) has published a report on the role of peer support in Scottish mental health services. The report highlights that peer…

The new edition of Managing Falls and Fractures in Care Homes for Older People – good practice resource published by the Care Inspectorate (Scotland) and NHS Scotland has recently been launched.…

I came across the term ‘health literacy’ recently when researching one of my blogs. I was puzzled: did it mean knowing where to get health guidance books? Or how to…

The Herald Newspaper reported on a recent research survey of cancer patients in Scotland. It has revealed major differences in the service received by some patients. In particular, it found…