Linda White
Written 103 posts
Senior Engagement Manager, Social Security Policy and Delivery Division
Chief Officers Spotlight: Julie White
26th June 2015
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…
New Online Information Resource for Carers
16th June 2015
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…
Health and Social Care Integration: New Policy Delivery Structure
29th May 2015
Following the departure of Kathleen Bessos, Deputy Director, Integration and Reshaping Care Division at the end of April 2015, a new structure for the Directorate is being put in place as we move forward into the implementation of health and social care integration. Over the next 12 months, local Integration Authorities will come into existence…
Readiness Towards Implementation
27th May 2015
– Integration started to go live around Scotland from 1 April 2015, with the new Health and Social Care Partnerships taking on responsibility for planning and delivering joined-up and seamless health and social care provision for adults, and also, in some areas, children’s services. Integration Schemes from each Health Board and Local Authority were submitted…
Innovative Health Intelligence – Augmenting Integration and Quality
27th May 2015
– We all know that Health and Social Care Partnerships will play a pivotal role in improving the health and wellbeing of the people in Scotland. Effective information is going to be essential to ensure intelligence underpins local strategic planning and decision making. Here at the Information Services Division, part of Public Health and Intelligence…
Chief Officers Spotlight: Christina West
26th May 2015
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…
Chief Officers Spotlight: Julie Murray
20th May 2015
– 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…
Adapting Homes for Independence and Quality of Life
8th May 2015
Help to Adapt is an innovative pilot project supported by the Scottish Government. The project is being delivered by the Link Group, and will help homeowners to pay for housing adaptations using the equity in their own homes. Help to Adapt will offer a unique, personalised service, by supplying a named caseworker, an occupational therapist to provide expert advice…
It’s all about Working in Partnership
30th April 2015
Jo MacLennan is Head of Partnership Development within the Integration and Reshaping Care Division at the Scottish Government. She’s spent a large part of her career working nationally in Special NHS Boards including – NHS Health Scotland and the Scottish Ambulance Service concentrating on health and service improvement initiatives. Jo previously worked in the Public…
Chief Officers Spotlight: Iona Colvin
27th April 2015
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)…