Scottish Care
@scottishcare.bsky.social
Social care that works for Scotland.
Membership organisation and the representative body for independent social care sector in Scotland.
#careaboutcare
www.scottishcare.org
Membership organisation and the representative body for independent social care sector in Scotland.
#careaboutcare
www.scottishcare.org
🎉 Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2026 Care at Home & Housing Support Awards!
Help us celebrate excellence across our sector - 10 award categories recognising talent, leadership, innovation & impact.
Submit your entry by 9 March 2026, 5:00 pm.
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Help us celebrate excellence across our sector - 10 award categories recognising talent, leadership, innovation & impact.
Submit your entry by 9 March 2026, 5:00 pm.
buff.ly/Vuz04V6
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 AM
🎉 Nominations are NOW OPEN for the 2026 Care at Home & Housing Support Awards!
Help us celebrate excellence across our sector - 10 award categories recognising talent, leadership, innovation & impact.
Submit your entry by 9 March 2026, 5:00 pm.
buff.ly/Vuz04V6
Help us celebrate excellence across our sector - 10 award categories recognising talent, leadership, innovation & impact.
Submit your entry by 9 March 2026, 5:00 pm.
buff.ly/Vuz04V6
📢 QNIS has opened applications for the Queen’s Nurse Leadership Course 2026 for community nurses working with older people.
A fully funded place is available for community nurses working with older people. More courses coming soon.
Find out more: qnis.org.uk/what-we-do/q...
A fully funded place is available for community nurses working with older people. More courses coming soon.
Find out more: qnis.org.uk/what-we-do/q...
Queen’s Nurse Leadership 1
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January 30, 2026 at 10:56 AM
📢 QNIS has opened applications for the Queen’s Nurse Leadership Course 2026 for community nurses working with older people.
A fully funded place is available for community nurses working with older people. More courses coming soon.
Find out more: qnis.org.uk/what-we-do/q...
A fully funded place is available for community nurses working with older people. More courses coming soon.
Find out more: qnis.org.uk/what-we-do/q...
Scotland’s social care support is essential infrastructure. When we invest, we create stability - enabling people to live well, supporting local jobs and relieving pressure on the NHS.
The Scottish Budget misses that opportunity.
Read our statement: scottishcare.org/scottish-car...
The Scottish Budget misses that opportunity.
Read our statement: scottishcare.org/scottish-car...
Scottish Care responds to Scottish Budget
Scottish Care: “This Budget Fails the People Who Rely on Social Care Support - and Those Who Deliver It”
scottishcare.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Scotland’s social care support is essential infrastructure. When we invest, we create stability - enabling people to live well, supporting local jobs and relieving pressure on the NHS.
The Scottish Budget misses that opportunity.
Read our statement: scottishcare.org/scottish-car...
The Scottish Budget misses that opportunity.
Read our statement: scottishcare.org/scottish-car...
📢 “Behind these headlines are real lives.”
Prof Donald Macaskill, CEO of Scottish Care, calls for social care to be an election priority, warning that underinvestment is putting lives at risk. It’s time for political choices to change.
Read: buff.ly/wPuzmU7
Prof Donald Macaskill, CEO of Scottish Care, calls for social care to be an election priority, warning that underinvestment is putting lives at risk. It’s time for political choices to change.
Read: buff.ly/wPuzmU7
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December 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
📢 “Behind these headlines are real lives.”
Prof Donald Macaskill, CEO of Scottish Care, calls for social care to be an election priority, warning that underinvestment is putting lives at risk. It’s time for political choices to change.
Read: buff.ly/wPuzmU7
Prof Donald Macaskill, CEO of Scottish Care, calls for social care to be an election priority, warning that underinvestment is putting lives at risk. It’s time for political choices to change.
Read: buff.ly/wPuzmU7
✨ The 2025 Winter Bulletin is now live!
This edition is packed with valuable updates, inspiring stories and festive highlights from across Scotland’s care sector.
Don’t miss the Christmas feature on pages 24–29! 🎄
Read the Winter Bulletin here: buff.ly/QXCN7uz
This edition is packed with valuable updates, inspiring stories and festive highlights from across Scotland’s care sector.
Don’t miss the Christmas feature on pages 24–29! 🎄
Read the Winter Bulletin here: buff.ly/QXCN7uz
December 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
✨ The 2025 Winter Bulletin is now live!
This edition is packed with valuable updates, inspiring stories and festive highlights from across Scotland’s care sector.
Don’t miss the Christmas feature on pages 24–29! 🎄
Read the Winter Bulletin here: buff.ly/QXCN7uz
This edition is packed with valuable updates, inspiring stories and festive highlights from across Scotland’s care sector.
Don’t miss the Christmas feature on pages 24–29! 🎄
Read the Winter Bulletin here: buff.ly/QXCN7uz
Investing in care = investing in Scotland’s future.
Our #ThreeKeyAsks for the #ScottishBudget:
✔ Increase core funding
✔ Fair work & pay for care professionals
✔ Ethical tech & data
Read more: buff.ly/DgOypVq
Our #ThreeKeyAsks for the #ScottishBudget:
✔ Increase core funding
✔ Fair work & pay for care professionals
✔ Ethical tech & data
Read more: buff.ly/DgOypVq
December 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Investing in care = investing in Scotland’s future.
Our #ThreeKeyAsks for the #ScottishBudget:
✔ Increase core funding
✔ Fair work & pay for care professionals
✔ Ethical tech & data
Read more: buff.ly/DgOypVq
Our #ThreeKeyAsks for the #ScottishBudget:
✔ Increase core funding
✔ Fair work & pay for care professionals
✔ Ethical tech & data
Read more: buff.ly/DgOypVq
Care Creates…
Today we launch the Scottish Care Manifesto - a practical, hopeful roadmap for rights‑based, future‑ready social care support in Scotland. Please read and share.
Read the manifesto: buff.ly/VLnsMKd
#CareCreates
Today we launch the Scottish Care Manifesto - a practical, hopeful roadmap for rights‑based, future‑ready social care support in Scotland. Please read and share.
Read the manifesto: buff.ly/VLnsMKd
#CareCreates
December 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Care Creates…
Today we launch the Scottish Care Manifesto - a practical, hopeful roadmap for rights‑based, future‑ready social care support in Scotland. Please read and share.
Read the manifesto: buff.ly/VLnsMKd
#CareCreates
Today we launch the Scottish Care Manifesto - a practical, hopeful roadmap for rights‑based, future‑ready social care support in Scotland. Please read and share.
Read the manifesto: buff.ly/VLnsMKd
#CareCreates
This #HumanRightsDay, the Five Nations Care Forum urges
the UK Gov to fully support the UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons and ensure older people and care providers are heard.
Read the letter: scottishcare.org/five-nations...
the UK Gov to fully support the UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons and ensure older people and care providers are heard.
Read the letter: scottishcare.org/five-nations...
Five Nations Call for UK Backing on UN Older Persons’ Rights
Five Nations call for UK leadership on a UN Convention for the Rights of Older Persons
scottishcare.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This #HumanRightsDay, the Five Nations Care Forum urges
the UK Gov to fully support the UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons and ensure older people and care providers are heard.
Read the letter: scottishcare.org/five-nations...
the UK Gov to fully support the UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons and ensure older people and care providers are heard.
Read the letter: scottishcare.org/five-nations...
“Care homes are not hospitals. Residents’ rights come first.” Our latest media statement calls for proportionate, rights-based measures this winter.
Read our full statement: scottishcare.org/scottish-car...
#CareAboutCare #ShineALight
Read our full statement: scottishcare.org/scottish-car...
#CareAboutCare #ShineALight
Scottish Care Media Statement on Flu and Winter Restrictions
Scottish Care Media Statement on Flu and Winter Restrictions
scottishcare.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
“Care homes are not hospitals. Residents’ rights come first.” Our latest media statement calls for proportionate, rights-based measures this winter.
Read our full statement: scottishcare.org/scottish-car...
#CareAboutCare #ShineALight
Read our full statement: scottishcare.org/scottish-car...
#CareAboutCare #ShineALight
From hairdresser to Deputy Manager 💙 Gemma’s journey at Meallmore proves what’s possible with passion, learning & support.
Read her inspiring story 👉 buff.ly/YK4BFpT
#CareAboutCare #ShineALight
Read her inspiring story 👉 buff.ly/YK4BFpT
#CareAboutCare #ShineALight
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December 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
From hairdresser to Deputy Manager 💙 Gemma’s journey at Meallmore proves what’s possible with passion, learning & support.
Read her inspiring story 👉 buff.ly/YK4BFpT
#CareAboutCare #ShineALight
Read her inspiring story 👉 buff.ly/YK4BFpT
#CareAboutCare #ShineALight
The Covid Inquiry’s Module 2 report finds government did ‘too little, too late’ during the pandemic.
Scottish Care calls for frontline social care voices in future decision-making.
Read our full response here: buff.ly/f5IS47v
#CareAboutCare
Scottish Care calls for frontline social care voices in future decision-making.
Read our full response here: buff.ly/f5IS47v
#CareAboutCare
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Covid Inquiry’s Module 2 report finds government did ‘too little, too late’ during the pandemic.
Scottish Care calls for frontline social care voices in future decision-making.
Read our full response here: buff.ly/f5IS47v
#CareAboutCare
Scottish Care calls for frontline social care voices in future decision-making.
Read our full response here: buff.ly/f5IS47v
#CareAboutCare
🚨 Scottish Care warns: UK immigration proposals could devastate Scotland’s care sector. Extending settlement to 15 years will harm workforce sustainability.
Read more: buff.ly/9oQxAEe
#CareAboutCare
Read more: buff.ly/9oQxAEe
#CareAboutCare
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🚨 Scottish Care warns: UK immigration proposals could devastate Scotland’s care sector. Extending settlement to 15 years will harm workforce sustainability.
Read more: buff.ly/9oQxAEe
#CareAboutCare
Read more: buff.ly/9oQxAEe
#CareAboutCare
Could AI make you a better care leader?
Join our free Digi Bites session with Dave Mance on using AI as your strategic thought partner.
Tue 11 Nov, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Free for Scottish Care members. Details in the Members Area.
Find out more: buff.ly/KchH8oO
Join our free Digi Bites session with Dave Mance on using AI as your strategic thought partner.
Tue 11 Nov, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Free for Scottish Care members. Details in the Members Area.
Find out more: buff.ly/KchH8oO
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Could AI make you a better care leader?
Join our free Digi Bites session with Dave Mance on using AI as your strategic thought partner.
Tue 11 Nov, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Free for Scottish Care members. Details in the Members Area.
Find out more: buff.ly/KchH8oO
Join our free Digi Bites session with Dave Mance on using AI as your strategic thought partner.
Tue 11 Nov, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Free for Scottish Care members. Details in the Members Area.
Find out more: buff.ly/KchH8oO
⏳ Just a week away!
The #CareHome25 Conference is almost here!
📅 Friday 14 November, Hilton Glasgow
If you’ve already registered, fantastic! If not, there’s still time to join us.
🎟 Book now: buff.ly/VyRcdqj
The #CareHome25 Conference is almost here!
📅 Friday 14 November, Hilton Glasgow
If you’ve already registered, fantastic! If not, there’s still time to join us.
🎟 Book now: buff.ly/VyRcdqj
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
⏳ Just a week away!
The #CareHome25 Conference is almost here!
📅 Friday 14 November, Hilton Glasgow
If you’ve already registered, fantastic! If not, there’s still time to join us.
🎟 Book now: buff.ly/VyRcdqj
The #CareHome25 Conference is almost here!
📅 Friday 14 November, Hilton Glasgow
If you’ve already registered, fantastic! If not, there’s still time to join us.
🎟 Book now: buff.ly/VyRcdqj
🔥 Fireside Chat at #CareHome2025!
Hear from party representatives from every major Scottish party on the future of care homes.
📅 Friday 14 November 2025
📍Hilton, Glasgow
Book your tickets now: buff.ly/VyRcdqj
#CareHome2025
Hear from party representatives from every major Scottish party on the future of care homes.
📅 Friday 14 November 2025
📍Hilton, Glasgow
Book your tickets now: buff.ly/VyRcdqj
#CareHome2025
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🔥 Fireside Chat at #CareHome2025!
Hear from party representatives from every major Scottish party on the future of care homes.
📅 Friday 14 November 2025
📍Hilton, Glasgow
Book your tickets now: buff.ly/VyRcdqj
#CareHome2025
Hear from party representatives from every major Scottish party on the future of care homes.
📅 Friday 14 November 2025
📍Hilton, Glasgow
Book your tickets now: buff.ly/VyRcdqj
#CareHome2025
Session 1 at #ReadyForRegulation
Maureen Gunn (@CareInspect) explores:
✅ Regulatory expectations
✅ Effective relationships
✅ Professional impact
✅Safer Recruitment Project plans.
Maureen Gunn (@CareInspect) explores:
✅ Regulatory expectations
✅ Effective relationships
✅ Professional impact
✅Safer Recruitment Project plans.
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Session 1 at #ReadyForRegulation
Maureen Gunn (@CareInspect) explores:
✅ Regulatory expectations
✅ Effective relationships
✅ Professional impact
✅Safer Recruitment Project plans.
Maureen Gunn (@CareInspect) explores:
✅ Regulatory expectations
✅ Effective relationships
✅ Professional impact
✅Safer Recruitment Project plans.
Our Workforce Policy & Practice Lead Caroline Deane opens #ReadyForRegulation with an overview of today’s aims:
✅ Collaboration
✅ Insight
✅ Action for Scotland’s social care workforce
Stay tuned for live updates!
✅ Collaboration
✅ Insight
✅ Action for Scotland’s social care workforce
Stay tuned for live updates!
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Our Workforce Policy & Practice Lead Caroline Deane opens #ReadyForRegulation with an overview of today’s aims:
✅ Collaboration
✅ Insight
✅ Action for Scotland’s social care workforce
Stay tuned for live updates!
✅ Collaboration
✅ Insight
✅ Action for Scotland’s social care workforce
Stay tuned for live updates!
Today we’re at Ready for Regulation: Equipping Today’s Care Workforce with @scottishcare & @careinspect.
Exploring regulation, workforce trends & safe staffing.
#ReadyForRegulation
Exploring regulation, workforce trends & safe staffing.
#ReadyForRegulation
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Today we’re at Ready for Regulation: Equipping Today’s Care Workforce with @scottishcare & @careinspect.
Exploring regulation, workforce trends & safe staffing.
#ReadyForRegulation
Exploring regulation, workforce trends & safe staffing.
#ReadyForRegulation
Calling Scottish Care Members – our next Members Surgery is on tomorrow Tuesday 28 October at 11am.
Hosted by @drdmacaskill.bsky.social and @hegeit.bsky.social, this is your chance to ask questions, raise concerns, and connect directly.
Details in the Members Area.
Hosted by @drdmacaskill.bsky.social and @hegeit.bsky.social, this is your chance to ask questions, raise concerns, and connect directly.
Details in the Members Area.
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Calling Scottish Care Members – our next Members Surgery is on tomorrow Tuesday 28 October at 11am.
Hosted by @drdmacaskill.bsky.social and @hegeit.bsky.social, this is your chance to ask questions, raise concerns, and connect directly.
Details in the Members Area.
Hosted by @drdmacaskill.bsky.social and @hegeit.bsky.social, this is your chance to ask questions, raise concerns, and connect directly.
Details in the Members Area.
Digi Bites returns for @scottishcare.bsky.social e members on 11 Nov, 12.30pm, with a practical session on AI for Care Providers. 🧠
Free for Scottish Care members. Details in the Members Area.
Find out more: buff.ly/KchH8oO
Free for Scottish Care members. Details in the Members Area.
Find out more: buff.ly/KchH8oO
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October 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Digi Bites returns for @scottishcare.bsky.social e members on 11 Nov, 12.30pm, with a practical session on AI for Care Providers. 🧠
Free for Scottish Care members. Details in the Members Area.
Find out more: buff.ly/KchH8oO
Free for Scottish Care members. Details in the Members Area.
Find out more: buff.ly/KchH8oO
Meet the Conference Chair: Dr Ron Culley 🎤
Chief Executive of @quarriers.bsky.social, Ron brings decades of leadership in health & social care to the #CareHome25
🗓️ Fri 15 Nov
📍 Hilton, Glasgow
Book your tickets here: buff.ly/M1qCyzo
Chief Executive of @quarriers.bsky.social, Ron brings decades of leadership in health & social care to the #CareHome25
🗓️ Fri 15 Nov
📍 Hilton, Glasgow
Book your tickets here: buff.ly/M1qCyzo
October 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Meet the Conference Chair: Dr Ron Culley 🎤
Chief Executive of @quarriers.bsky.social, Ron brings decades of leadership in health & social care to the #CareHome25
🗓️ Fri 15 Nov
📍 Hilton, Glasgow
Book your tickets here: buff.ly/M1qCyzo
Chief Executive of @quarriers.bsky.social, Ron brings decades of leadership in health & social care to the #CareHome25
🗓️ Fri 15 Nov
📍 Hilton, Glasgow
Book your tickets here: buff.ly/M1qCyzo
💬 Thank you to everyone who joined today’s Scottish Care #Manifesto2025 session: Fund Care Like It Matters.
Your voices are shaping the future of social care in Scotland.
Next up: Building Future Ready Care Systems
📅 Tues 14 Oct
🕐 1:00 pm
👉 Register on our Members Area
Your voices are shaping the future of social care in Scotland.
Next up: Building Future Ready Care Systems
📅 Tues 14 Oct
🕐 1:00 pm
👉 Register on our Members Area
October 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
💬 Thank you to everyone who joined today’s Scottish Care #Manifesto2025 session: Fund Care Like It Matters.
Your voices are shaping the future of social care in Scotland.
Next up: Building Future Ready Care Systems
📅 Tues 14 Oct
🕐 1:00 pm
👉 Register on our Members Area
Your voices are shaping the future of social care in Scotland.
Next up: Building Future Ready Care Systems
📅 Tues 14 Oct
🕐 1:00 pm
👉 Register on our Members Area
Ready to raise the roof? Join us at the #CareHome25 Conference to redefine residential care & support.
📅 Friday 14 November
📍 Hilton Glasgow
Experience networking, keynotes & panels on tech, workforce & more! 💡
Sign up now: buff.ly/74LJ6H1
#CareAboutCare
📅 Friday 14 November
📍 Hilton Glasgow
Experience networking, keynotes & panels on tech, workforce & more! 💡
Sign up now: buff.ly/74LJ6H1
#CareAboutCare
October 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Ready to raise the roof? Join us at the #CareHome25 Conference to redefine residential care & support.
📅 Friday 14 November
📍 Hilton Glasgow
Experience networking, keynotes & panels on tech, workforce & more! 💡
Sign up now: buff.ly/74LJ6H1
#CareAboutCare
📅 Friday 14 November
📍 Hilton Glasgow
Experience networking, keynotes & panels on tech, workforce & more! 💡
Sign up now: buff.ly/74LJ6H1
#CareAboutCare
📢 Calling all Scottish Care members! Want to shape how Scotland funds social care?
Session 4 of our Members’ Manifesto series is your chance. Tomorrow (7 Oct) at 1pm.
We’ll focus on strategic, sustainable funding & person-led care.
Register on the Members Area.
Session 4 of our Members’ Manifesto series is your chance. Tomorrow (7 Oct) at 1pm.
We’ll focus on strategic, sustainable funding & person-led care.
Register on the Members Area.
October 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📢 Calling all Scottish Care members! Want to shape how Scotland funds social care?
Session 4 of our Members’ Manifesto series is your chance. Tomorrow (7 Oct) at 1pm.
We’ll focus on strategic, sustainable funding & person-led care.
Register on the Members Area.
Session 4 of our Members’ Manifesto series is your chance. Tomorrow (7 Oct) at 1pm.
We’ll focus on strategic, sustainable funding & person-led care.
Register on the Members Area.
Emissaries from each part of Eilean a’ Bhraighe have gathered at the #CareTech Unplugged trade market!
Resources are being exchanged, alliances formed and care systems reimagined.
Collaboration is key to building a thriving, inclusive society.
#SocialCare #CareInnovation
Resources are being exchanged, alliances formed and care systems reimagined.
Collaboration is key to building a thriving, inclusive society.
#SocialCare #CareInnovation
October 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Emissaries from each part of Eilean a’ Bhraighe have gathered at the #CareTech Unplugged trade market!
Resources are being exchanged, alliances formed and care systems reimagined.
Collaboration is key to building a thriving, inclusive society.
#SocialCare #CareInnovation
Resources are being exchanged, alliances formed and care systems reimagined.
Collaboration is key to building a thriving, inclusive society.
#SocialCare #CareInnovation