Scotland’s care system is in desperate need of overhaul - capacity, funding, staffing and quality of care are all stretched beyond limits. The Scottish Government wants to address these challenges by creating a Scottish National Care Service. The proposals now cover adult, child, justice, substance misuse and some mental health services. And this new service would be accountable to Ministers. Is this the right approach, what exactly is being proposed, what would it mean for the delivery and quality of care services and what are the implications for your organisation?
This conference considers evidence from the care sector on where the provision of care in Scotland stands and where it needs to be. A joined-up, sustainable, stable and successful care sector in Scotland is critical to a nation with an ageing population. Our people are living longer and increasingly with complex long term care and medical needs. In creating a Scottish National Care Service what are the problems we are trying to resolve? What are the core drivers of care demand? Which parts of care do we need to address? Is there a common agenda on the challenge and do we agree on the outcomes we are aiming for?
The Scottish Government published its National Care Service (Scotland) Bill in June 2022. The content of this Bill will shape the future provison of care in Scotland, so what is in the Bill and what will it mean for you? The First Minister has described this initiative as ‘the most significant public service reform since the creation of the National Health Service’. The new service is not proposed to own or operate care services in Scotland. Instead it would oversee the delivery of care, improvement of standards, support of unpaid carers and the training, pay and conditions of staff.
What does this mean for the future provision of care in Scotland? What are the consequences for existing providers and staff? How will all organisations in the care system and the supply chain that supports it be affected? Most importantly of all how would this help those receiving care and care-givers, both professional and unpaid?
This conference examines the core challenges facing care provision in Scotland and discusses how what has been proposed will impact on the delivery of care. It will focus on three broad themes:
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Who should attend
This conference will be relevant for anyone involved in the planning, organisation or delivery of care services in Scotland. This includes policy makers, care providers, care staff, care giver and care receiver representative groups, regulators, those managing or working in the fields of adult, child, justice, substance misuse and mental health services and health, care and Third Sector bodies responsible for the provision or commissioning of care services.
Party Spokesperson on Health, Scottish Labour
Scottish Parliament
Deputy CEO
Scottish Care
Honorary Secretary
British Geriatrics Society
Senior Associate
Brodies LLP
Director of Strategic Partnerships, External Affairs and Outreach
ALLIANCE (Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland)
Jackie Baillie MSP
Party Spokesperson on Health, Scottish Labour
Scottish Parliament
Jackie has represented Dumbarton Constituency since 1999 when the Parliament was first created. Prior to this she worked both in the public and voluntary sector most recently as a Community Economic Development Manager for a local authority.
Following the inception of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, she served as Deputy Minister for Communities under then First Minister Donald Dewar, before being promoted to Social Justice Minister.
After the May 2007 Scottish Parliament elections Jackie returned to Labour’s front benches as Shadow Minister for Parliamentary Business. In 2008 she was appointed to a newly created position as Labour’s Chief of Staff in the Scottish Parliament before becoming Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy in 2009.
Jackie has also since taken on roles as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Equalities and Welfare and spokesperson for the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work. She was also the first woman to take on the role of Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance.
In 2020, she became Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour and is now Health, Social Care and COVID Recovery spokesperson.
Karen Hedge
Deputy CEO
Scottish Care
Karen’s career in social care began as a paid carer and whilst hugely rewarding, she quickly became motivated by the pressures of the sector. A champion for participation and co-production, she believes in evidencing impact through outcomes for people.
Integration has been a theme of her career, having implemented the single shared assessment in an inner London Borough, and been one of the first people in the UK to have a joint funded NHS and Local Authority post, commissioning in Wiltshire. As Director of Finance, Governance and Compliance at the Prince of Wales Foundation in Washington DC, she held stewardship for a fundraising and grant-making non-profit, reporting directly to Clarence House.
As Deputy CEO of Scottish Care, she continues to shape the future of social care. Her portfolio includes reform, integration, commissioning and procurement and nursing in care. She particularly values the Scottish Care Awards where she learns of the successes of the sector and from those who effect change.
When she is not working, the ‘Ayrshire lass’ can be found on the beach with her family, letting the good sea breeze blow away the cobwebs. Her previous voluntary roles include Trustee for Milestones Trust, and Chair of the NCT Bath branch. She is currently on the committee of the Unfunded List, an international not-for-profit which supports unsuccessful fundraisers to meet their next bid, and is a Board member of Learning Network West, supporting social work education.
Anne Hendry (Professor)
Honorary Secretary
British Geriatrics Society
Anne chaired the organising committee for ICIC15 in Edinburgh and in 2016 took up a new role as IFICs Senior Associate in Scotland. In 2017 she established an International Centre for Integrated Care, hosted by the University of the West of Scotland, as the home of IFICs collaborating centre in Scotland. Anne chairs an enthusiastic Advisory Board that brings together partners from policy, academia, health, social care, Third sector and independent sectors to oversee four workstreams:
Leadership and Education – undergraduate; Masters and accreditable CPD
Knowledge Exchange and Translation – international webinars and special interest groups
Action Research and Evaluation – with a focus on frailty, dementia and personal outcomes
System Coaching – within and beyond Scotland
In her Senior Associate role, Anne supports a wide range of IFIC Academy activities, in particular strategic leadership, system coaching, and international knowledge exchange initiatives. These include support for IFIC summer school and conferences, and coordinating the Integrated Care Matters webinar series and special interest groups on Intermediate Care, Palliative Care, Polypharmacy, and Frailty. IFIC Scotland activities champion coproduction, empowerment and the use of lived experience and personal outcomes to transform the relational aspects of integrated care.
Anne is a geriatrician, stroke physician and clinical lead for Integrated Care with over 30 years’ experience of transforming health and social care in Scotland. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (UK), honorary professor at the University of the West of Scotland and holds honorary appointments with the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh’s Global Health Academy. As a graduate of the founding cohort of Delivering the Future, Scotland’s national strategic clinical leadership programme 2005- 2006, she has extensive experience coaching and mentoring leaders from all sectors.
Previous national clinical leadership roles span stroke, Long Term Conditions, Healthcare Quality, Joint Improvement Team, Reshaping Care for Older People, Active and Healthy Ageing, and Multimorbidity. Anne leads a Work Package in the European Joint Action on Frailty, participates in Advisory Boards for a number of European programmes, and provides technical advice for WHO initiatives on integrated care and transformation.
Irene Oldfather (Dr)
Director of Strategic Partnerships, External Affairs and Outreach
ALLIANCE (Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland)
Irene represents the ALLIANCE on a range of national and Advisory bodies including the Health and Social Care Partners Group, the IHub Board, the Focus on Dementia Advisory Forum and Living Well in Communities Board.
As Scotland’s Third Sector representative on the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) working across the ALLIANCE and third sector to ensure a strong voice for the Sector in this difficult and uncertain pre Brexit environment.
On a day to day basis Irene manages key areas of ALLIANCE activity such as Carer Voices, Sensory Impairment, Neurological Conditions, Our Voice and Self Management.
As a former MSP and Chair of the Scottish Parliament European and External Affairs Committee she maintains a keen interest in parliamentary activities.
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