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
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
Posted on July 16, 2022 by editor
Adult Social Care in Scotland, Better Care Scotland, BetterCareScotland, Care Homes for Older People in Scotland, Consumer Rights, Human rights, National Care Service Scotland, Scottish Local Authorities, Whistleblower
Better Care Scotland, Care home abuse, Care home neglect, Care Needs, 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
BetterCareScotland – holding Scotland's social care system to account!