Public service reform in Scotland is no longer optional – it is now urgent. While Scotland’s public bodies are under pressure from rising demand, constrained resources and accelerating change, they must still deliver better outcomes for people and communities. However, systemic inertia, fragmented leadership and uneven performance threaten the pace and depth of change required. How therefore do we now move from intention to action – across organisations, systems and localities – to deliver real reform?

This conference takes place online.

Scotland is ageing – and fast. While longer lives are a testament to progress, they also reveal growing cracks in care services, workforce sustainability and rights-based support for older people. Gaps in provision, pressures on unpaid carers and fractured funding arrangements pose urgent questions about quality, fairness and continuity of care. Therefore, we must reconsider how we deliver, fund and reform care for older people across Scotland’s public, private and third sectors.

This conference takes place online.