Health and Social Care

  • Chief Officers Spotlight: Christina West

    26th May 2015 by

    Argyll and Bute is geographically the second largest local authority area in Scotland. We have 23 inhabited islands, scattered, remote rural communities and a number of large towns. Locality owned, locality planned and locality delivered – this is the guiding principle for developing integrated health and social care services in Argyll and Bute. Our plan…

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  • Chief Officers Spotlight: Julie Murray

    20th May 2015 by

    – There has been an integrated Community Health and Care Partnership (CHCP) in East Renfrewshire since 2006, so we are fortunate to have quite a mature partnership with high degrees of trust and strong relationships, both across our parent organisations and with our partners in the third and independent sectors. We have an integrated management…

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  • Chief Officers Spotlight: Iona Colvin

    27th April 2015 by

    As you know, the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 legislates for compulsory integration of health and social care services for adults. In Ayrshire and Arran we have grasped the opportunity to extend integration, placing our children’s services and criminal justice services within our Health and Social Care Partnerships. Our Integration Joint Board (IJB)…

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  • The Crucial Role of the Independent Sector

    27th April 2015 by

    – The independent sector, supported by Scottish Care, provides approximately 85% of care home places and 50% of home care hours across Scotland. Aside from the sheer levels of care and support provision that the sector provides, the independent sector offers a wide range of knowledge and skills which makes it a crucial partner in integration arrangements. With statutory partners…

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  • Glasgow to host Leading Integration for Quality event

    23rd April 2015 by

    Registration is now open for the NHSScotland Event 2015, which will take place at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow on 23 and 24 June.‬ This year’s event theme is Leading Integration for Quality. With the implementation of the new legislation to integrate health and social care currently underway, this year’s Event…

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  • Integration and the Spirit of Collaboration

    26th March 2015 by

    – The spirit of collaboration suggests that when specialists from different disciplines work together, then potential is unconfined. Collaboration as a concept is also at the heart of the integration of health and social care, and in this case is enforced by the underpinning legislation. It is clear that by joining up the work of…

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  • Helping People to Live Well at Home

    23rd March 2015 by

    – NHS Forth Valley are working in partnership with Falkirk Council to test new ways to support people to live well at home in Bo’ness . Phase 1 of the project initially looked at patients over the age of 85 with dementia and or multiple health related problems. It was noted that while most people…

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  • Co-production – how we make a difference together

    20th March 2015 by

    Integration is nearly upon us and the challenge of delivering Scotland’s National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes will fall to all of us, in every sector at all levels, all health and social care professions and most importantly: people and communities. The principles of co-production are evident throughout the legislation and guidance for integration. For integration to be…

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  • Chief Officers Spotlight: Susan Manion

    17th March 2015 by

    I took up post as Chief Officer in Borders in July 2014. Before that I was General Manager for the Dunfermline and West Fife Community Health Partnership, responsible for leading and managing the wide range of services and strategic programmes required to implement integration. The integration of health and social care gives us a newfound ability…

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  • AHPs offer dynamic contribution to our Health and Wellbeing

    17th March 2015 by

    – Allied health professionals (AHP’s) apply their expertise to diagnose, treat and rehabilitate people of all ages across health, education and social care. Here in Scotland, the AHP group includes arts therapists, dieticians, occupational therapists, orthoptists, paramedics, podiatrists, prosthetists and orthotists, physiotherapists, radiographers (diagnostic and therapeutic) and speech and language therapists. AHPs are capable of…

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