Public urged to keep eyes open for children at risk
Everyone in Scotland is being encouraged to keep their Eyes Open for children at risk during the school holidays. As schools prepare to ring the end of term bell for the holidays, a national child protection organisation is urging everyone to be extra observant to help protect potentially vulnerable children while school’s out for summer.
Child Protection Committees Scotland, a nation-wide grouping of child protection professionals hopes that members of the public will keep their eyes open and play a part to keep children safe from harm during the long break in the school routine.
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Deadline extended: No Deal - EU Exit - Social Care Survey
The Scottish Government is working with a wide range of local and national organisations to help support contingency planning in the social care sector in response to the possibility of a No Deal EU exit. As part of this work they have commissioned Scottish Care to research the social care sector's preparedness, levels of contingency planning and resilience factors. This will mean over the next few months as part of this work, they will be looking for sector leaders to share their concerns in 3 separate survey's. These surveys will start by looking at clinical consumables.
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Reminder: No Deal - EU Exit - Social Care Survey
The Scottish Government is working with a wide range of local and national organisations to help support contingency planning in the social care sector in response to the possibility of a No Deal EU exit. As part of this work they have commissioned Scottish Care to research the social care sector's preparedness, levels of contingency planning and resilience factors. This will mean over the next few months as part of this work, they will be looking for sector leaders to share their concerns in 3 separate survey's. These surveys will start by looking at clinical consumables.
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Technology Supporting People
Campaign encourages people to take control of their health, care and wellbeing using everyday technology.
A new campaign launched by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) encourages people to use everyday technology such as mobile phones and tablets to control and manage their own health, care and wellbeing.
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NHS Health Scotland survey
NHS Health Scotland is currently in the process of reviewing ‘Setting the Table: Nutritional Guidance’ to ensure it is current, accurate and in the most suitable format for purpose. We would really appreciate it if you are able to take a moment to complete the following survey to share your thoughts on the resource. Your feedback is crucial to ensuring the new resource meets the needs of its users.
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