Social Care

A vital South Lanarkshire Council service is to be bolstered to help keep vulnerable people safer than ever in their own homes.

The Integration Joint Board (IJB), which oversees services delivered by Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership, approved its budget for the coming year at its meeting this week. A total of £320.4 million will be spent delivering on health and social care services across the city. This inclu

Langstane Housing Association's Housing Support Service has received recognition following its first inspection by the Care Inspectorate. The dedicated team in Aberdeen has been awarded three grade-5 ‘very good’ and one grade-4 ‘good’ ratings, signifying an excellent standard

With the Scottish Government’s latest budget largely welcomed for restoring crucial funding for affordable housing and increasing support for medical adaptations, concerns have been raised that older people remain at risk as support services struggle. Speaking at the CIH Scottish Housing Festi

Community health and social care finances are increasingly precarious and Integration Joint Boards (IJBs) must urgently work with their partners in the NHS and councils to reform how they deliver services to achieve financial sustainability, according to a new report from the Accounts Commission. Th

Crookston Care Home has secured high-quality care grading from the Care Inspectorate for the eighth consecutive time.

Hanover Scotland is urgently calling on South Lanarkshire Council to rethink its proposed £300,000 cut to housing support services, ahead of its decision next week The housing provider is warning that the move will put vulnerable older people at risk and lead to higher public cost pressur

The Scottish Government has lodged a number of amendments as part of its new plans to reform social care. The amendments, all of which are subject to Parliament’s agreement, come ahead of Stage 2 proceedings of the National Care Service Bill later this month.

A new chair of Inverclyde’s Integrated Joint Board (IJB) has been appointed following the resignation of Councillor Robert Moran. Councillor Moran served as chair since June 2023 but stepped down following his appointment as leader of Inverclyde Council in December 2024.

Eildon Housing’s extra care services at Dovecot Court, Peebles and Wilkie Gardens, Galashiels had an unannounced visit from the Care Inspectorate in January 2025 and received high praise for the quality of their regulated care and support.

Dedicated staff at a very sheltered housing site in Aberdeenshire have been praised for their “genuine kindness” following a new style of inspection by the Care Inspectorate.

Structural reform of Scotland’s social care system, including legislation to reform integration joint boards and the establishment of a new public body to oversee national improvements, has all but been abandoned, the Scottish Government has announced.

Provost Kenneth Duffy visited a group of elderly tenants in Kerr Grieve Court Retirement Complex, Motherwell last month to see how they are taking advantage of their new digital skills.

A consultation has been launched this week on the potential introduction of charges for Orkney Islands Council day care and community care alarm services in the county. The consultation comes as Orkney Islands Council looks to tackle its ongoing budget challenges by either reducing services, chargin

Glasgow-based technology firm Archangel has recently secured a share of a £600,000 Smart & Connected Social Places (SCSP) 5G Innovation fund with support from the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI), to deliver a ground-breaking integrated housing and care technology project