Health and Social Care

  • Campaign urges everyone to help cure the stigma of dementia

    18th March 2015 by

    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...

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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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  • A stronger voice for citizens and communities

    17th March 2015 by

    – In June 2014, the then Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Mr Alex Neil MSP,  asked for proposals to be developed that would create a much stronger voice for people and communities using healthcare services. This brought about an exciting opportunity for everyone to be involved in designing and shaping a new way ahead...

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  • Ayrshire Integration Joint Boards are first to be approved in Scotland

    3rd March 2015 by

    Following the submission of three Integration Schemes from Ayrshire, Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport has now signed the Parliamentary Order which enables the establishment of these new Health and Social Care Partnerships. East, North and South Ayrshire Councils, with NHS Ayrshire & Arran, will be the first in Scotland to set...

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  • Spotlight on: Susan Wilson, Interim Chief Officer for Angus Health and Social Care Partnership

    18th February 2015 by

    I am retiring soon and, due to personal circumstances, will experience the world of Integration as a carer.  It is therefore perhaps timely to reflect on my experience and hopes. I’m an Occupational Therapist by trade.  The opportunity to get to know people, help them adapt their assets and abilities, and minimise the difficulties was...

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  • Doctors and clinicians at the heart of integration

    17th February 2015 by

    Engagement of clinicians and more specifically doctors, is vital to the success of the new integration arrangements.  We cannot afford for the new partnerships to fail in the same way as their predecessor organisations – Community Health Partnerships (CHPs) did, so we must make sure that those issues that disenfranchised doctors encountered are not repeated....

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  • Becoming more Socially Inclusive

    17th February 2015 by

    Interview Profile: Mike Liddle is Team Leader within the Care for Older People team at the Scottish Government. He was recently appointed co-chair of the British Irish Council’s Social Inclusion workstream and just returned from finalising the workstream’s report in London. 1. What have you been up to lately? We’ve been working together with officials...

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  • Health and Social Care Information Sharing Strategic Framework 2014-2020

    11th February 2015 by

    The need for effective sharing of information has never been greater if we are to truly reform public services. Information sharing, to meet the needs of people, practitioners and organisations, is essential to support Scotland’s commitment to integrated, person-centred care, across adult and children’s services. At a time when strategic leaders are forming new governance...

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  • ‘Distinct Professions – Shared Care’ event in Glasgow

    9th February 2015 by

    Since summer 2014 the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has been running a successful government-funded programme to support nurse leaders through the transition to integration. As part of the project, we were asked to develop a national conference to bring together leaders from across the regulated health and care professions. We jumped at the chance to...

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