Summary of Social Work Expenditure for Scotland 2006 – 2015
The Care Inspectorate has today published a statistical summary of social work expenditure and activity for Scotland covering the period 2006/7 to 2014/15.
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Meaningful and Measurable Outcomes Project Resources
The Meaningful and Measurable project (Healthcare Improvement Scotland) has produced new evidence about the difference made by focusing on personal outcomes in diverse services, and highlighted critical elements of outcomes focused conversations, recording practices, outcomes measurement and use of outcomes information.
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Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers Standards September 2016
In 2015, the Scottish Government commissioned Healthcare Improvement Scotland to develop standards for the prevention and management of pressure ulcers as part of a review of tissue viability services.
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Services for children and young people in South Ayrshire
Children and young people are generally safe and well protected because frontline staff across health and social care services in South Ayrshire work well together, inspectors have said, but the leadership and planning of services is weak and needs to improve.
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Inspiration and improvement at University of West of Scotland (UWS)
Tommy Whitelaw from The Health and Social Care Alliance gave an inspirational talk to student nurses at the UWS (Ayr Campus) last week, as part of a series of events organised for nursing students across universities in Scotland.
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