Linda White
Written 103 posts
Senior Engagement Manager, Social Security Policy and Delivery Division
The Crucial Role of the Independent Sector
27th April 2015
– 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…
Glasgow to host Leading Integration for Quality event
23rd April 2015
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…
Chief Officers Spotlight: David Williams
23rd April 2015
So that’s it, we’re officially into the year of integration. The Glasgow City Integration Scheme was submitted to Government on the 31st March and we optimistically hope to be legally constituted sometime in late May. And even though April 1, 2015 marked the start of integration year, we already have some great examples of integrated working which…
Leaders unite to drive Mega Reform of Health and Social Care
21st April 2015
Health and Social Care Integration took another step forward as all 32 local Health Board and Local Authority partnerships finalised their plans to bring together the two services. Ahead of the April 1, 2015 milestone for submitting Integration Schemes, 180 health and social care leaders met in Edinburgh on 30 March at the Leading Integration for…
Integration and the Spirit of Collaboration
26th March 2015
– 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…
Helping People to Live Well at Home
23rd March 2015
– 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…
Co-production – how we make a difference together
20th March 2015
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…
Campaign urges everyone to help cure the stigma of dementia
18th March 2015
Last month a dementia friendly performance at the city’s Festival Theatre marked the launch of a new awareness campaign aimed at tackling the stigma of dementia. The campaign is part of ongoing work by a partnership of the City of Edinburgh Council, NHS Lothian and Alzheimer Scotland to make Edinburgh a dementia friendly city. An…
Chief Officers Spotlight: Susan Manion
17th March 2015
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…
AHPs offer dynamic contribution to our Health and Wellbeing
17th March 2015
– 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…