Health and Social Care

  • Care homes: why ‘My Health My Care My Home’ matters

    15th July 2022 by

    Dr Paul Baughan, GP and Professional Adviser to CMO on Ageing and Health reflects on the development of ‘My Health My Care My Home’, a newly published healthcare framework for adults living in care homes.

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  • “Hear my voice and return to sender”: hearing the voice of people living in care homes

    18th March 2022 by

    “Hear My Voice and Return to Sender” is a collaborative project between Abbotsford Care and the Care Home Hub from Fife Health and Social Care Partnership. The project is exploring new methods of feedback and engagement to support the development of the Scottish Government’s new healthcare framework. As part of developing this framework, we have had many engagement sessions. Hearing the voice of people living in care homes will be an important part of this process.

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  • Go for gold! Introducing our healthcare framework

    17th February 2022 by

    An introduction to a new healthcare framework for adults and older people living in care homes. This will set out what healthcare should be available for people living in care homes, how we can enable this
    and a plan of how this will be implemented. On this first post, we have a spotlight on Perth and Kinross’ Go4Gold Care Home Games Challenge event.

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  • Health & Social Care – The Occupational Therapy Contribution

    28th November 2017 by

    On the 1st November I joined around 90 Occupational Therapists and Managers in Dunblane to hear about the contribution they are making to the National Health and Wellbeing outcomes in relation to Health and Social Care Integration. Participants shared their experiences and progress within their own Partnerships and heard about approaches and models being used…

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  • Launch of Consultation on the National Care Standards

    22nd October 2015 by

    This week saw the launch of a consultation on the draft over-arching principles of the new National Care Standards. Many people will be aware that the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland are leading the development of Scotland’s new National Care Standards. These will be developed with people who use services, providers and other interested parties, and…

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  • Social Work Complaints Procedure Consultation

    22nd October 2015 by

    As we continue to make progress towards integrated health and social care, one area that’s overdue for change is the social work complaints system, with the existing procedures dating from 1996. The need for the reform of handling complaints whether in relation to health or social work services, is to handle them in an effective,…

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  • Scotland’s Future – Integration Six Months On

    25th September 2015 by

    At the Scottish Planning Network (SPN) event earlier this month, a mix of health and social care professionals took time out to explore the strategic opportunities and challenges associated with the integration of health and social care. Entitled “Scotland’s Future – Integration Six Months On”, guest speakers shared their experiences and stories of integration whilst…

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  • Creating a Healthier Scotland: Conversation Update

    22nd September 2015 by

    The National Conversation on health and social care is now well underway with fresh content and active social media channels. A number of great events have taken place already with many more on the way. A reminder of what the conversation is: From August 2015 to April 2016 the Scottish Government is holding a national conversation…

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  • Health and Social Care Partners Group Formed

    22nd September 2015 by

    The new Health and Social Care Partners Group replaces the successfully concluded Integration Implementation Group and the Health and Social Community Care Delivery Group. Membership of the new group brings together that of the two successfully concluded groups, including representatives of the health and social care professions, Clinicians, GPs, carers and service users and senior…

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  • Strengthening the Links Event

    28th August 2015 by

    ‘Strengthening the Links’ is a series of collaborative events that form a key part of the continuous learning and networking process about workforce issues arising as a result of the integration of health and social care. The fourth event in the series, run by the  Scottish Government Health Workforce Directorate,  will be held on 29 October…

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