Scotland’s Parliament exposes care home residents to risk!

Scotland’s Parliament takes the Care Inspectorate on trust

3 times when your social worker was not on your side!

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

One woman tells her story … #4

Of misplaced trust. Of bureaucracy & cover-up. Of a social care system paying lip service to the needs of Scotland’s most vulnerable. Extract IV: ‘Control, not Care’ in commercially-unviable care homes for older people in Scotland Dr Well-Beloved… Read More

Ticking time-bombs!

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

One woman tells her story … #3

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

One woman tells her story … #2

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

One woman tells her story … #1

Of misplaced trust. Of bureaucracy & cover-up. Of a social care system paying lip service to the needs of Scotland’s most vulnerable. Extract I: being silenced “They would pull my nipples and laugh!” I was sitting at the… Read More