Health and Social Care
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Self Management: Putting People in the Driving Seat of Integration
16th September 2015 by Linda White
My final year at University was hard enough with exams, dissertations and impending career choices filling my thoughts and driving my actions. When I was diagnosed with diabetes in 1993, I had no understanding at all of ‘self management’, everything about my diabetes was new to me. It was never discussed, and I certainly never...
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SDS and Integration: How DPO’s can affect change
3rd September 2015 by Linda White
Why are User-led Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) so important to the development of SDS and health and social care integration? Health and Social Care Integration; it feels like big stuff. Talk of joint working teams, single management structures, agreed decision making protocols… it can sometimes feel quite daunting. So what’s it really all about and...
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Communications Focus: The Scottish Borders
1st September 2015 by Linda White
Engagement Success with Simple Activity People want to be heard and respected. This is often characterised as a basic psychological need which must be met in order for people to be content. In communication, and maybe particularly in corporate communication, it is a challenge to create an environment where everyone is heard. Corporate communication has...
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Strengthening the Links Event
28th August 2015 by Linda White
‘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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National Conversation – Creating a Healthier Scotland: What Matters to You?
28th August 2015 by Linda White
From August 2015 to April 2016 the Scottish Government is holding a national conversation on health and social care services in Scotland. The conversation is seeking views on what a healthier Scotland should look like in the next 10-15 years from now and how people in Scotland can be supported to be as healthy as...
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Chief Officers Spotlight: Ron Culley, Western Isles
28th August 2015 by Linda White
To my mind, the integration of health and social care is centrally focused on answering two important questions. First, how do we use optimally the resources delegated to the Integration Joint Board? Second, what does the delivery of good and effective integrated care and support look like? The former is at the heart of the...
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People Connect
27th August 2015 by Linda White
As we move towards the integration of health and social care, how we communicate across sectors is vitally important. Connecting, sharing best practice, and learning from each other’s experiences will help us to understand the needs of those who use health and social care services. People Connect, an online social directory is now available to...
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Resources from the NHSScotland Event 2015 Now Available
5th August 2015 by Linda White
All resources from the NHSScotland Event 2015 are now available on the Event website at www.nhsscotlandevent.com. In its 10th year, the NHSScotland Event proved to be a resounding success with over 1,600 registered delegates from NHSScotland, the wider public sector and the third sector coming together to share learning and spread good practice. The theme...
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Save the Date: ‘Living well in Later Life and Think Frailty’ Conference
29th July 2015 by Linda White
The Improvement Network for Integrated Care and Support is delighted to announce an exciting two day learning event; ‘Living well in Later Life and Think Frailty’ taking place on 26th – 27th October at Heriot Watt Conference Centre in Edinburgh. Please see attached the ‘Save the Date’ Flyer for further information. The event is aimed at:...
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Director of Adult Care’s Spotlight: Jan Baird
29th July 2015 by Linda White
Integration is a daunting prospect and now the subject of most conversations nationwide, but in part of Highland – Highland Council area – it is now the way they do things. In this, the first of two blogs, we first report on the NHS Highland experience of the Lead Agency Model for adult social care....
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