Health and Social Care
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National Care Service: why it’s everyone’s business
8th September 2022 by Anna Kynaston
I’m Anna Kynaston and I’m Deputy Director in the Social Care and National Care Service Development Directorate. Over the last 12 months I have been listening to the views of people, stakeholders and public partners about community health and social care in Scotland. As part of that I have been lucky enough to get out...
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Care homes: why ‘My Health My Care My Home’ matters
15th July 2022 by Kirstin Millar
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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Consultation for data strategy launched
25th May 2022 by Digital Health and Care Team
The Digital Health and Care Data Strategy team in Scottish Government raises awareness of the launch of the formal consultation on the Data Strategy for Health and Social Care.
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Please mind the gap
11th May 2022 by Carol Sinclair - Chief Officer, Public Health Scotland
In this blog, Carol Sinclair explores how good quality health and social care data can improve health and care services. She discusses how the Data Strategy is helping to pave the way in improving gaps around health and care data.
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Self management support for carers of people with Neurological Conditions
10th May 2022 by Phil Sizer - Lead Trainer, The Pain Association
Phil Sizer, Lead Trainer at The Pain Association, reflects on educating carers of people with neurological conditions in order to highlight the importance of their own wellbeing.
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Understanding attitudes to health and care data
22nd April 2022 by Adam Lang - Head of Nesta Scotland
This blog explores the various relationships that people in Scotland have with regards health and care data with a particular focus on voices which are not heard as easily or as often as others.
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“Hear my voice and return to sender”: hearing the voice of people living in care homes
18th March 2022 by Kirstin Millar
“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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Being the grit in the oyster
11th March 2022 by Zoe Rohde - Communications and Content Manager
Doreen Grove, Head of Open Government for Scottish Government discusses issues of trust, transparency and ethics in relation to the Data Strategy for Health and Social Care.
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Winning the Digital Health and Care Team Award
25th February 2022 by Zoe Rohde - Communications and Content Manager
It has been another full on year for the Digital Health and Care Directorate responding to Covid-19 while also continuing to meet the ongoing urgent health and care needs of the country. So it was a wonderful surprise that our efforts did not go unnoticed at this year’s Holyrood Digital Health and Care Awards 2022 ceremony, held in...
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Go for gold! Introducing our healthcare framework
17th February 2022 by Kirstin Millar
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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