Scottish Care

A BBC Panorama documentary in May 2011 focused on Winterbourne View, a private hospital for people with learning disabilities, run by the Castlebeck group. Viewers saw inpatients being abused and…

In this Learning Disability Week in Scotland, it is good to welcome the ‘My Life, My Choice ‘ organisation as a partner with QCS in improving quality of care services.…

A research study has been published by the Primary palliative care research group in Scotland, jointly carried out between Lothian NHS, the University of Edinburgh, and the Marie Curie charity.…

The National Care Standards in Scotland are considered in Scotland in registering, choosing, commissioning and inspecting a wide range of care services. I wrote previously about the current review of…

The Coalition of Care Providers in Scotland (CCPS) protects and safeguards the interests of third sector and not-for-profit social care and support providers in Scotland. The organisation provides an annual…

At the Care Roadshow in Glasgow on 19th of April, we heard about and had some discussion of the current changes which the Care Inspectorate is beginning to introduce in…

We had an interesting and productive get-together in the Care Roadshow this week at Hampden Stadium in Glasgow. There were many service providers with stands giving information on what they…

The American Journal Neurology has published an account of research into how levels of activity affect brain health as we get older. The results are surprising: people who reported themselves…