The Safe Staffing team is leading on a national programme to support care services to prepare for the enactment of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 in April 2024. Within the adult care sector, the Act places duties on care service providers and the Care Inspectorate. This will impact on the requirements of care services as defined in section 47(1) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010. You can read a copy of the Act on the Scottish Parliament website.
To support the adults care sector to get ready for the enactment, we are delivering a series of webinars over the next few months. See the table below for further information and how to register.
We will also be hosting regional in-person events near you, so please watch out for further information.
If you need more information about the Act or our webinar you can visit The Hub or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and speak to one of our safe staffing advisers.
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Thomas Bohlke Safe Staffing Adviser (Adults)
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Gloria McLoughlin – Safe Staffing Adviser (Adults)
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Helen Honore – Safe Staffing Adviser (Adults)
Date and time of webinar |
Relevant to: |
Summary of webinar |
Thursday 26 October11:30-12:30 |
Senior management of registered services |
This is the first legislation in the UK to set out requirements for both health and care services. This will affect legislation that guides the requirements of the services you currently provide. For regulatory purposes, those changes include the redaction of regulation 15 from the Scottish Statutory Instruments which you will be familiar with. |
Thursday 26 October15:00-16:00 |
For providers of:
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You will hear about the main purpose of this new legislation along with the guiding principles. |
Thursday 23 November09.00-10.00 |
All registered adult care services |
Join us to discuss some of the key principles of The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019. There are eight main principles of the Act, and these must be considered when arranging staffing in any service type. This webinar will help you identify many areas of good practice within your own services that already align to these principles. |
Thursday 14 December15:00-16:00 |
Adult care home providers |
The Scottish government asked us to design a staffing method framework, firstly for adult care homes. This has been created in response to the Act, and in consultation with adult care homes services and stakeholders. Following the development of a staffing method the Scottish Ministers may make regulations to require care service providers to use that method. These regulations may include, for example, stating the types of care services and individuals working in a care service to which the method relates, the minimum frequency at which the method is to be used and the staffing level tools that must be used. |
Thursday 18 January 202414:30-15:30 |
Registered adult care services with a focus on mental health and learning disability services |
Join us to discuss some of the key principles of The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019. There are eight main principles of the Act, including the wellbeing of staff and these must be considered when arranging staffing in any service type. This webinar will help you identify many areas of good practice within your own services that already align to these principles. Attendees will also have the opportunity to share experiences and pose questions. |
Thursday 22 February 202414:00-15:00 |
For providers of:
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You will hear about the main purpose of this new legislation along with the guiding principles. The Scottish government asked the Care Inspectorate to design a staffing method framework, firstly for adult care homes. What might this mean for you in the future? |
Thursday 7 March 202411:30-12:30 |
Adult care home providers |
The Scottish government asked us to design a staffing method framework, firstly for adult care homes. This has been created in response to the Act, and in consultation with adult care homes services and stakeholders. Following the development of a staffing method the Scottish Ministers may make regulations to require care service providers to use that method. These regulations may include, for example, stating the types of care services and individuals working in a care service to which the method relates, the minimum frequency at which the method is to be used and the staffing level tools that must be used. |
Thursday 14 March 202414:30-15:30 |
For providers of:
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You will hear about the main purpose of this new legislation along with the guiding principles. The Scottish government asked us to design a staffing method framework, firstly for adult care homes. What might this mean for you in the future. |
Thursday 21 March 202414:30-15:30 |
All registered adult care services |
Join us in the lead up to implementation of The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019. There are eight main principles of the Act, and these must be considered when arranging staffing in any service type. Whilst these are similar to the expectations already set out in the current legislation this webinar will help you identify many areas of good practice within your own services that already align to these principles. We will cover the staffing method framework and the use of staffing level tools designed to provide quantitative Information relating to workload and based on people’s needs and quantitative or qualitative information relating to professional judgement. |
Thursday 28 March 202414:30-15:30 |
All registered adult care services |
Join us with just three days to implementation of The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019. Section 7 of the Act states that any person who provides a care service 'must ensure that at all times.
Stakeholders will require access to data about staffing to report to Scottish Ministers. How might this impact on the information you have about staffing in your service. |