Reshaping Care for Older People
Current service configurations for care for older people are simply not sustainable given the demographic and financial pressure we face over the next 20 years. We also need to look carefully at how well current services help older people to optimise their independence and wellbeing – are we providing the right kind of support at the right time in the right way? The Scottish Government, NHS and COSLA are embarking on a major programme to engage all interests in reshaping care and support services so that we meet policy objectives in ways that are sustainable. This programme is being taken forward through the Ministerial Strategic Group on Health and Community Care, which is chaired by the Minister for Public Health and Sport. The programme consists of 8 primary work streams, each championed by a member of the MSG. You can view the workstreams from the links below:
- Workstream A - Vision and Engagement
- Workstream B - Future funding of Long-Term Care: Demographic Pressures
- Workstream C - Care at Home
- Workstream D - Future Role of the Care Home Sector
- Workstream E - Wider Planning for an Ageing Population - Housing and Communities
- Workstream F - Promoting Healthy Life Expectancy
- Workstream G - Workforce
- Workstream H - Embedding Specialist Care in Whole System Pathways across Acute, Primary and Social Care Sectors
Parliamentary Subject Debate - 28 October 2009
A subject debate took place in the Scottish Parliament on 28 October 2009 on rehaping care for older people in Scotland. Read the report here.
UK Green Paper
This summary provides evidence on how other nations have dealt with reforms to social and health care in response to demographic and fiscal challenges. Cited as part of the evidence base in the UK Green Paper, the summary document was very recently published by York University The study examined recent reforms and current debates about adult social care in five developed societies: Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Australia and Japan.
You can access the report here.
You can also access a copy of the Ministerial Strategic Group's response to the UK Green Paper here.
