Health and Social Care
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Health and Social Care Information and Resources Updates
21st July 2015 by Linda White
The Scottish Government website and Care Information Scotland website have been updated with the following information: Delayed Discharge section now includes reference to the National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes and Indicators Independent Living section now includes information on: Leaving Hospital Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care Intermediate Care Discharge Flowchart Road to Discharge Infographic Care Information...
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Chief Officers Spotlight: David Lynch
21st July 2015 by Linda White
Integration in the dictionary is often described as a noun. It has been heartening to see that here in Dundee there is a doing dimension to the word; Integration as a verb, that implies tangible actions, progress and change. A good example of this was our work earlier this year around consulting on our Draft...
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Workforce Stuff Matters
21st July 2015 by Linda White
If you attended the recent 2015 NHSScotland Event in Glasgow you’ll have picked up on one of the themes – change happens. The aim of our Parallel Session at the NHSScotland Event, “Workforce Stuff Matters”, was to help delegates to identify the workforce issues that really matter to people who use and deliver health and...
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‘On the Couch’ with Tommy Whitelaw
2nd July 2015 by Linda White
My name is Tommy Whitelaw, and for five years I was a full-time carer for my mum Joan, up until she sadly passed away in September 2012. At the time my Mum was diagnosed with vascular dementia, I looked at her and thought to myself “it’ll be okay, we’ll get through this.” What I soon...
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Leading Integration for Quality
1st July 2015 by Linda White
Health and Social Care Integration was in the spotlight at this year’s NHSScotland Event in Glasgow. The theme of the event was ‘Leading Integration for Quality’ and it celebrated the new relationship between health and social care that is being embedded across Scotland. The Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, Shona Robison opened the...
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The Keys to Life: Scotland’s Learning Disabilities Strategy
1st July 2015 by Linda White
On the 18 June 2015, the Scottish Parliament hosted “Fairer Scotland – Celebrating the talent of people with learning disabilities in Scotland”. The event, highlighted performances from the creative arts across Scotland, including “The Fridays”, a music group from Hazelwood School in Glasgow; Indepen-dance, and also artists from “Project Ability”. At the event, Jamie Hepburn, Minister...
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Communications Focus: Lanarkshire
30th June 2015 by Linda White
A Proactive, Targeted and Innovative Approach to Communications in Lanarkshire What does a Johnny Cash tribute act, a rapid response team taking hospital-level care to people’s own homes and a 94-year-old adventurer have in common? They’re all part of recent integration communications in the vibrant North and South Lanarkshire partnerships. A major tranche of our...
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Communications Focus: Fife
30th June 2015 by Linda White
No place like home… The call came in the summer of 2012. “It’s going to be huge”, our director said. “It will be the biggest change in public service for over a generation. We need to get people involved.” “Who?” we said. “We’re not sure yet, but probably everyone” he replied. And that was it....
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Chief Officers Spotlight: Julie White
26th June 2015 by Linda White
These are exciting times in Dumfries and Galloway! Not only are we in the process of integrating our Health and Social Care services but we are also building a new, state of the art District General Hospital and embarking upon a huge clinical change programme to enable us to deliver a sustainable model of health...
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New Online Information Resource for Carers
16th June 2015 by Linda White
We are delighted to announce that the re-designed Care Information Scotland service is now available. We worked closely with NHS 24 and key stakeholders on the project which involved a far-reaching engagement exercise to understand what people wanted and how the service could be improved. To give a little bit of background on Care Information...
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