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Care home sector warns of ‘huge number’ of closures without Government action

Scotland could see a “huge number” of care homes close unless additional cash is made available to fund them and increase workers’ pay to a minimum of £12 an hour, sector leaders have warned. First Minister Humza Yousaf has already pledged to ...

24 May 2023 at 12:11

Scotland

Charities feel used by ‘backroom’ national care service deal, committee told

Charities supporting those with lived experience of social care feel “used” by a “backroom” partnership national care service deal by the Scottish Government, Cosla and the NHS, a Holyrood committee has heard. During the summer, ministers ...

31 Oct 2023 at 22:37

Lives could have been saved but for uncertainty caused by guidance, inquiry told

Lives could have been saved in care homes in Scotland if it was not for the confusion caused by guidance issued in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been claimed. Dr Donald Macaskill, chief executive of Scottish Care, said ...

18 Jan 2024 at 17:51

Scotland

Care workers don’t feel valued by society, MSPs told

Care workers do not feel valued by society and need more autonomy as well as a pay increase, MSPs have been told. Holyrood’s Health Committee heard from a number of groups in the care sector on Tuesday. A report from Audit Scotland has ...

22 Feb 2022 at 12:55

Scotland

No social care voice in Covid strategy cost lives in care homes, inquiry told

The lack of social care voices in Scottish Government pandemic decisions “absolutely” cost lives in care homes, an inquiry has heard. Donald Macaskill, chief executive of Scottish Care, told the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry the ...

22 Mar 2024 at 19:47

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