Reading Time: 9 minutesThis extended blog will have a brief look inside the National Care Service Bill, now it’s arrived and consider what’s in it, and, perhaps more interestingly, what is not.
Tag: Health
Rural health and social care in Scotland
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog outlines when rural health and social care has been discussed in the Scottish Parliament and some of the recent and forthcoming developments.
Surgical mesh complications
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blog provides an overview of surgical mesh complications in Scotland, the Scottish Government’s action on this issue, and outlines the need for more information.
Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill – looking ahead to Stage 3
Reading Time: 17 minutesAn extended blogpost on the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill, looking ahead to Stage 3.
What’s cookin’? Stage 3 of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog summarises the discussions around the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill to date, ahead of Stage 3 consideration by the Parliament on Tuesday 14 June 2022.
Mental health of young adults (18-24) in Scotland
Reading Time: 5 minutesAn overview of some of the mental health and wellbeing issues that may be particularly relevant to young people aged between 18 and 24 years old.
Social Work Workforce FAQs
Reading Time: 4 minutesAn FAQ blog on the social work workforce in Scotland.
Social work and the National Care Service
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog discusses social work and the development of a National Care Service.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – hub for SPICe material
Reading Time: 5 minutesA hub for all SPICe material on coronavirus (COVID-19).
Medicinal Cannabis – Questions and Answers (updated April 2022)
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog explains how the prescription of cannabis-based medical products currently works in Scotland and some of the potential barriers around prescribing these products.