There is distrust of Scotland’s Care Inspectorate among owners and managers of well-resourced care homes for older people which deliver a consistently-high standard of care – where the owner has a background in nursing or care and plays… Read More
Posted on August 19, 2022 by editor
Why social care outcomes in Scotland depend on LUCK! The nature of people’s relationships with their social workers in Scotland is a topic which animates our subscribers. People should be able to expect these relationships to be positive… Read More
Posted on July 20, 2022 by editor
Accountability, Adult Social Care in Scotland, Better Care Scotland, BetterCareScotland, Care Homes for Older People in Scotland, Care Needs, Care Plan, Free Personal Care Allowance, Human rights, National Care Service Scotland, Public Sector, Risk Management, Scottish Local Authorities, SDS - Self-Directed Support, Social Worker, Whistleblower
Better Care Scotland, Governance, Maya Angelou, National Care Service, Risk Management, Whistleblower
Of misplaced trust. Of bureaucracy & cover-up. Of a social care system paying lip service to the needs of Scotland’s most vulnerable. Extract V: Scotland’s hippie dippie Care Inspectorate From the sitting room window, I watched the RSPCA… Read More
Posted on July 17, 2022 by editor
Accountability, Adult Social Care in Scotland, Better Care Scotland, BetterCareScotland, Care Homes for Older People in Scotland, Care Inspectorate Scotland, Compliance, Governance, National Care Service Scotland, Public Sector, Regulation, Social Care Regulation, The democratic social contract
Better Care Scotland, Care home abuse, Care home neglect, Governance, Maya Angelou, National Care Service, Whistleblower
Ticking time-bombs at the heart of Scotland’s social care system! Increasingly, the people best-placed to monitor social care delivery and provision in Scotland find themselves stonewalled when they reach out to their local authority or to Scotland’s social… Read More
Posted on July 15, 2022 by editor
Accountability, Adult Social Care in Scotland, Better Care Scotland, BetterCareScotland, Care Inspectorate Scotland, Governance, Human rights, National Care Service Scotland, Public Sector, Social Worker, Whistleblower
Better Care Scotland, BetterCareScotland, Governance, Maya Angelou, National Care Service, Ticking time-bombs, Whistleblower
Of misplaced trust. Of bureaucracy & cover-up. Of a social care system paying lip service to the needs of Scotland’s most vulnerable. Extract III: caught in the Council’s social care web My heart sank on seeing myself back… Read More
Posted on June 18, 2022 by editor
Accountability, Adult Social Care in Scotland, Better Care Scotland, Care Homes for Older People in Scotland, Care Inspectorate, Care Inspectorate Scotland, Care Needs, Care Plan, Free Personal Care Allowance, Governance, Human rights, Public Sector, Risk Management, Scottish Local Authorities, Social Care Regulation
Care home abuse, Care home neglect, Care Needs, Deflect, Gaslight, Governance, Maya Angelou, Risk Management, stonewall
Of misplaced trust. Of bureaucracy & cover-up. Of a social care system paying lip service to the needs of Scotland’s most vulnerable. Extract II: this great age! I was 96 years old and locked-up in a care home… Read More
Posted on June 18, 2022 by editor
abuse, Accountability, Adult Social Care in Scotland, Care Homes for Older People in Scotland, Care Inspectorate, Care Inspectorate Scotland, Care Needs, Disclosure, Governance, Human rights, Risk Management, Scottish Local Authorities
Care home abuse, Care home neglect, Care Needs, Governance, Maya Angelou, Risk Management
Silence is compliance! Although Scotland’s adult social care system routinely fails those it was intended to support, the proposed National Care Service for Scotland was voted down at Holyrood for reasons that defy logic. For social care service… Read More
HELP TO SHINE A LIGHT ON SCOTLAND’S BROKEN SOCIAL CARE SYSTEM! Twenty years ago, the Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act, 2002, enshrined in law the statutory entitlement to Free Personal Care for those who qualified. In its… Read More
Posted on May 21, 2022 by editor
Care Homes for Older People in Scotland, Governance, Human rights, National Care Service, Public Sector, Risk Management, Scotland, Scottish councils, Social Care Regulation
Care Needs, Care Plan, Compliance, disclosures, Governance, regulation, Risk Management, Social Work, stonewall, Whistleblower
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