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Next steps for adult social care in Scotland - service improvement, policy, funding, the workforce, stakeholder collaboration, and community-based support

September 2021


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When it happened…


Thursday, 26 August 2021


What delegates came to discuss…


This conference will examine next steps for policy and look at measures that can be taken to drive improvement in service provision, foster greater cohesion within the system, and support the care workforce.


The discussion follows the publication of the Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland earlier this year.


We are pleased to be able to include a keynote session on the Review’s recommendations and improving adult social care with Peter Macleod, Chief Executive, Care Inspectorate, alongside Lorraine Gray, Chief Executive, Scottish Social Services Council. The chairs are Christine Jardine MP; and Dr Philippa Whitford MP, Shadow SNP Spokesperson for Health and Social Care.


In addition to discussion on the Review, the agenda will bring out latest thinking on:


  • what can be learned from the experience of adult social care during the pandemic
  • priorities for supporting the workforce and meeting fair work principles
  • the role of sector-wide collaboration in delivering system reform
  • enabling community-based support systems

Who attended…


Officials from The Scottish Government; the Health and Safety Executive; the Office for Statistics Regulation; Defra; and the UK Statistics Authority.


Representatives from Alzheimer Scotland; Audit Scotland; Autism Network Scotland; Birchwood Highland; Blackwood Homes and Care; Brothers of Charity Services Scotland; Carr Gomm; Community Integrated Care; East Ayrshire Council; Edinburgh Integration Joint Board; Epilepsy Scotland; Fabb; Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership; Frontline Fife; Horizon Housing Association; Independent Living Fund Scotland; Key Housing; Kingdom Support and Care CIC; Leonard Cheshire; Life Changes Trust; LinkLiving; LIT Healthcare; Mobility and Access Committee; My Homecare Dundee; NHS Dumfries and Galloway; NHS Scotland National Services Scotland; North Ayrshire Council; North Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership; People-led Policy Panel; Perth and Kinross Council; Playlist for Life; Public Health Scotland; Real Life Options; Scottish Older People's Assembly; Scottish Social Services Council; Social Work Scotland; The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland; Tunstall Healthcare; University of Glasgow; and University of the West of Scotland.
Press: Black Isle Media; healthandcare.scot; and LaingBuisson.



This on-demand pack includes

  • A full video recording of the conference as it took place, with all presentations, Q&A sessions, and remarks from chairs
  • An automated transcript of the conference
  • Copies of the slides used to accompany speaker presentations (subject to permission
  • Access to on-the-day materialfs, including speaker biographies, attendee lists and the agenda