Supporting Better Care Programme
The Royal College of Nursing Scotland is hosting a development programme for all health, care support workers/care assistants to enhance their knowledge and practice in direct care.
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Shared Care Scotland 'Suggest a Service'
Shared Care Scotland - the national charity that works to improve quality, choice and availabilty of short break (respite care) provision in Scotland - has launched their improved online directory of short break and respite care providers.
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North Lanarkshire Scrutiny Report
We have now published our scrutiny report on North Lanarkshire Council's delivery of social work services.
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3rd National Conference on Bereavement in a Healthcare Setting
This conference will be held in Dundee, on Tuesday 25 September 2012. Under the title ‘The Many Faces of Loss’, the conference will be chaired by Professor Scott Murray MBE, and opened by Ros Moore, Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland.
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Rest assured? A study of unpaid carers' experiences of short breaks
The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS), Shared Care Scotland, Coalition of Carers in Scotland and the Minority Ethnic Carers of Older People Project (MECOPP) have published a report ‘Rest assured? A study of unpaid carers’ experiences of short breaks’.
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