CCPS News Feed

Scottish Government consultation announced into Integration

Davina Adamson — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:20:29 +0100

The Scottish Government has today published its Consultation into its plans for the Integration of Health and Social Care.

Public Audit Committee takes evidence from CCPS on commissioning

Davina Adamson — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:37:49 +0100

CCPS has given evidence to the Scottish Parliament Public Audit Committee following publication of the recent report from Audit Scotland, Commissioning Social Care.

Living Wage issues highlighted in Parliament

Davina Adamson — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:09:21 +0100

Questions have been asked in Parliament recently about the possibility of extending the £7.20 hourly rate, proposed as a ‘Living Wage’, to employees of

Evidence revealed of ongoing impact of funding cuts

Davina Adamson — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:23:09 +0000

CCPS has published the sixth of its Service Provider Optimism surveys, a longitudinal study designed to track the way that social care providers view their organisations' prospects and the environment in which they operate.

The introduced to the Scottish Parliament today and has been warmly welcomed by CCPS.

CCPS responds to Health and Sport Committee Inquiry into Integration of Health and Social Care

Davina Adamson — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:40:27 +0000

CCPS welcomes the Parliamentary Inquiry into the integration of health and social care, particularly the focus on how best to deal with the challenges around integration.

Social care commissioning: “Little evidence of improvement”, says Audit Scotland

Davina Adamson — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:19:38 +0000

Audit Scotland’s new report on social care commissioning, published today highlights the failure of Scotland’s councils to improve the way they commission care and support services for vulnerable people.

CCPS welcomes positive step forward in European Commission Procurement review

Davina Adamson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:40:55 +0000

European Commission (EC) proposals for a revised Public Procurement directive have been welcomed by CCPS as a positive step towards better procurement of social services, with potentially less frequent competitive retendering, and which will enable autho

Scottish Parliament to review Community Planning and Single Outcome Agreements

Davina Adamson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:58:56 +0000

The Local Government and Regeneration Committee of the Scottish Parliament has issued a called for evidence on a three-strand inquiry under the overarching theme of public sector reform and local government in Scotland, encompassing Community Planning, Single Outcome Agreements and shared services.

£1m new investment funding in training for providers

Davina Adamson — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:06:09 +0000

Voluntary organisations across Scotland's social care sector are to benefit from a £1 million investment in staff training from the Scottish Government’s Voluntary Sector Development Fund (VSDF).

The funding for 2011-2012, announced yesterday by the new Minister for Children and Young People Aileen Camp