News Archive
May 2012
- 08: Scottish Government consultation announced into Integration
- 08: Public Audit Committee takes evidence from CCPS on commissioning
April 2012
March 2012
- 22: Evidence revealed of ongoing impact of funding cuts
- 01: Self Directed Support Bill published
- 01: CCPS responds to Health and Sport Committee Inquiry into Integration of Health and Social Care
- 01: Social care commissioning: “Little evidence of improvement”, says Audit Scotland
January 2012
- 24: CCPS welcomes positive step forward in European Commission Procurement review
- 24: Scottish Parliament to review Community Planning and Single Outcome Agreements
- 17: £1m new investment funding in training for providers
December 2011
November 2011
- 29: Change procurement rules to enable a Living Wage for care workers, says CCPS
- 29: Care Inspectorate needs more "teeth" to challenge commissioning and procurement, says Health Committee
October 2011
September 2011
- 27: Call for applications to Voluntary Sector Development Fund
- 27: Details of Early Years funding announced for Scottish Charities
- 19: Race to the bottom condemned in social care procurement debate
- 16: Care homes and care at home to be inspected every year
- 16: CCPS gives evidence to Health and Sport Committee Inquiry into regulation of care for older people
July 2011
- 08: CCPS welcomes Audit Scotland’s performance audit into Commissioning Social Care Services
- 01: Call for radical reform into public service delivery from Christie Commission report
June 2011
- 24: Latest survey reveals early effect of cuts to voluntary sector care provision
- 21: New Vacancy at CCPS
May 2011
- 31: Funding for building provider capacity for self-directed support
- 18: SSSC provide information on funding sources for training
April 2011
- 19: Public funding cuts hit voluntary sector hard
- 14: CCPS urges European Commission to improve procurement rules
March 2011
February 2011
- 24: CCPS meets Chiefs of new Scrutiny Body
- 17: More choice for the public, more 'upstream' support, and more respect for the third sector: CCPS responds to the Christie Commission
- 17: Campaign for a Fair Society
- 15: Real cuts, right now
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
- 29: Providers discuss the future of social care
- 22: Draft Scottish budget announced
- 09: Providers concerned about the impact of cuts
- 04: CCPS calls for SCSWIS to reflect moves to personalisation
- 04: “Precautionary Principle” sees PVG Scheme postponed
September 2010
July 2010
June 2010
- 15: 'Lessons learned' report released by City of Edinburgh Council
- 15: CCPS members sweep the board at Care Accolades 2010 and TFN Awards 2010
April 2010
March 2010
- 26: Voluntary sector care services commended by Care Commission report
- 02: Local Government Committee backs CCPS call for independent scrutiny of procurement exercises
February 2010
- 17: Local authorities given new duty to take account of inspection reports
- 15: Care and support tender abandoned in Edinburgh
- 04: New powers to inspect care providers: CCPS secures guarantee of consultation
- 04: Providers' faith in procurement hits rock bottom as CEC Tender is dropped
January 2010
- 26: CCPS responds on Protection of Vulnerable Groups legislation
- 26: CCPS launch new information e-bulletin
December 2009
November 2009
September 2009
- 11: Voluntary Sector care provides Best Value
- 11: CCPS gave evidence on Public Services Reform (Scotland) Bill
August 2009
- 21: Fairer Funding Petition reaches the Local Government Committee
- 21: CCPS gives evidence to Government Inquiry into older people's home care
- 21: SSSC Registration comes into force
March 2009
- 01: Forthcoming Merger of Government Scrutiny Bodies
- 01: Recent Procurement and Re-tendering exercises
December 2008
- 01: CCPS Survey highlights effect of Spending Review on social care providers
- 01: Launch of Continuous Learning Framework
- 01: New report exposes massive disruption in care caused by re-tendering