Read the open letter to the First Minister & key calls: www.ccpscotland.org/ccps-news/action-needed-now-to-avert-health-and-social-care-crisis-in-scotland-sector-leaders-urge-first-minister-in-open-letter/ @r-cackett.bsky.social @crossreach.bsky.social @thistlefoundation.bsky.social @changemh.org

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Welcome to the social care portfolio @thomascarthur.bsky.social With investment and Fair Work in our sector so needed to support social care’s contribution to the economy, social justice and ending poverty, we have lots to talk about @ccpscotland.bsky.social Look forward to a first meeting.

Big news coming on the back of yesterday’s passing of the Care Reform Bill @mareetodd.bsky.social I look fwd to working with you on your new portfolio. We haven’t always agreed but I am in no doubt of the commitment you brought to social care and our sector. Thank you from @ccpscotland.bsky.social

Great that Carol Mochan’s @scottishlabour.bsky.social amends on Fair Work in Care Reform Bill have passed. Scotland’s far from achieving Fair Work in Social Care. This is a welcome 1st step - but not the last one. A strategy and report will HAVE to demonstrate action asap @ccpscotland.bsky.social

Important that the social care market is understood but glad to hear @mareetodd.bsky.social make a commitment that the burden on data requirements in an overstretched sector will be minimal. Look fwd to working with ministers on the detail of delivering the social care market monitoring provisions.

Jackie Baillie’s amend on ‘report on projected care needs’ in the Care Reform Bill just passed. This is really good news. @ccpscotland.bsky.social has long called for such a report to support a genuine allocation of social care resource (money and people) to meet need. 🙏🏻 @scottishlabour.bsky.social

Sitting next to @mndscotland.bsky.social CEO in the chamber who is making a silent cheer for the passing of @paulsweeney.bsky.social amendments on disabled people’s continuity of care when moving home and on timing of assessments for people who are terminally ill. @ccpscotland.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻

Sorry to see @stephenkerr.bsky.social amendment on social care staffing audits defeated this pm. @mareetodd.bsky.social has said the first Health & Care Staffing Act report to be published in October will address the same issues. So we will look closely to ensure this is so @ccpscotland.bsky.social

Delighted to see Jackie Baillie’s amends on ethical commissioning & procurement in the Care Reform Bill passed this afternoon. @ccpscotland.bsky.social has called for these amendments from the start and highlighted the commissioning procurement gap on our research. A +ve platform for improvement. 👏🏻

‘We want government to be more activist, interventionist and collaborative in housing,’ says @johnswinney.bsky.social @sfha.bsky.social At @ccpscotland.bsky.social we know this also needs energy & investment in care & support to help families & individuals maintain tenancies & reduce poverty.

📢 Join CCPS to make a real difference in social care and support... We’re recruiting now for 5 new posts. 👇 Deadline: 12 June Details: ccpscotland.org/recruitment/ @r-cackett.bsky.social @sensescotland.bsky.social @quarriers.bsky.social @samc-change.bsky.social @aberlourcharity.bsky.social

📢 Immigration announcement ‘shows profound disregard for social care’ Our CEO @r-cackett.bsky.social responds to the UK Govt's move to curb recruitment of care workers from overseas ➡️ Read the statement here: ccpscotland.org/ccps-news/im... @alexofbrown.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social

📢 "Supported people, their loved ones and staff on the frontline now face an utterly unacceptable level of risk" Our response to the Programme for Government. 👇 ➡️ ccpscotland.org/ccps-news/programme-for-government-2025-26-ccps-response/ @r-cackett.bsky.social @childrenfirst.bsky.social

See my latest @ccpscotland.bsky.social blog ahead of tomorrow’s @scottishgov.bsky.social PfG. An urgent call for a funded programme for supported people, carers and staff. 👇🏻

Delighted to be in London at @scotlandoffice.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy to celebrate the 25th anniversary of @ccpscotland.bsky.social community member @includem.bsky.social. Massive congratulations to an org tackling ‘the deprivation of hope for families’ and giving voice to young people. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

This is a really bleak week for anyone in the UK who needs care and support and anyone who delivers it.

'Today we are back in the running. We’ll take that for now. ' @r-cackett.bsky.social 👇

❗️ Statement: @r-cackett.bsky.social responds to the passing of the Scottish Budget - and yesterday’s vote in the House of Lords in favour of amendments to the NI Bill. ➡️ tinyurl.com/m8bry29w @vivd1.bsky.social @swbg.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk @thirdforcenews.bsky.social @healthandcare.scot

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Good heavens, they just did it and by a massive majority. The @libdems.org.uk Lords amendments on eNICs exemptions for social care have passed!!!! To absolutely everyone who tabled, discussed, lobbied and voted for this - thank you @ccpscotland.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2496421....

⚠️Tomorrow @houseoflords.parliament.uk will vote on amendments to the eNICs legislation that could lead to exemptions and a review of its impact on our sector. Unless the Bill is changed, the consequences for social care in Scotland and across the UK will be devastating. @ukparliament.parliament.uk

Trying to prep a @Ccpscotland.bsky.social brief on the @scotparl.bsky.social stage 2 #NCS amends. Sooo frustrated. 3 years of considered influence largely wasted; now a last minute scramble to assess a raft of amends that will wholly change the Bill (even the name!) -unintended consequences anyone?

When it’s been a super long week for all @ccpscotland.bsky.social , there are papers still to finish for next week’s hefty board meeting and a change of scene is needed! Max Richter in my headphones, strong tea and a cheese scone and a fresh head for my laptop…

🙏🏻 @changemh.org @nickmward.bsky.social for inviting me to your fab reception @scotparl.bsky.social. And great to see some old friends too! @ccpscotland.bsky.social members @samhscotland.bsky.social penumbra.zone and @cosla.gov.uk @samaritans.bsky.social (and those of you I can’t find on Bluesky!)

For @ccpscotland.bsky.social members & for clarity @shonarobison.bsky.social: Is the £144m going to councils for NI limited to offsetting costs re public SECTOR jobs? Is the deal linked to lower council tax uplifts? And if yes on point 1, what happened to the Lib Dem deal @alex.scotlibdems.org.uk???

When you are on a serious national ministerial meeting about the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #SocialCare workforce @ccpscotland.bsky.social and your sleeping dog falls off the back of the sofa. Important to take the moments of hilarity wherever they come just now… (note: no pets were harmed in the making of this post).

“Costs will go up by £82k per day.” Emma, supported by the Thistle Foundation, and @r-cackett.bsky.social were on STV News last night talking about the impact of the eNICs rise on providers & people. 👇 @vodgmembership.bsky.social @alliancescot.bsky.social @scvo.scot @cchangescotland.bsky.social

“Without releasing more funding… we’re not going to get to the place that people deserve.” ICYMI: Watch @r-cackett.bsky.social on the BBC’s Sunday Show talking about wage rates, inequity & the case for real reform. 👇 @johnswinney.bsky.social @cchangescotland.bsky.social @vivd1.bsky.social

“You can’t think of it as ‘the NHS should be reformed over here and social care should be reformed over here’.” @r-cackett.bsky.social was on the BBC’s Sunday Show discussing the NCS Bill and the need for reform in both social care & the NHS: tinyurl.com/4t85s3sz @johnswinney.bsky.social

If the contract with 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 citizens re #NHS reform is “longer, healthier, fulfilling lives” & we need “whole system thinking” @johnswinney.bsky.social, let’s look at how PEOPLE get the support they need re that contract. NHSS is one part of this when citizens are patients, but not their full picture.

A vision of ‘longer, healthier and fulfilling lives’ for the NHS. Add ‘independent’ and perhaps we could have a joined up vision for health & social care given any sense of a genuine #NCS reform package now seems pretty thin.

Read our statement in response to Scottish Government's announcement that Stage 1 of the National Care Service Bill will be dropped👇 bit.ly/3Wyl2J5 Our CEO @r-cackett.bsky.social will be on BBC Scotland's 7pm programme tonight. Tune in and listen to our response some more👂

Our CEO @r-cackett.bsky.social was on BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland this morning, discussing the NCS Bill and the need for more investment in social care. The full episode can be found here, with Rachel’s interview starting around 2:07:40: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

NfP social care providers in Scotland face an extra bill of around £30 million to cover the NI rate rise & the threshold reduction. Money they do not have, and have no means to raise. #ValueSocialcare #ProvidersUnite @r-cackett.bsky.social @providersunite.bsky.social @comintcare.bsky.social

Ah, @ccpscotland.bsky.social staff. You’re a fab bunch; what a privilege to work with you. 🙏🏻 for all you’ve done in a tough 2024. To our members & their staff, many of whom will be working throughout the hols, things feel pretty awful for our sector but we’ll still have your back in 2025!

“If Westminster refuses to deal with the fact they’ve made a policy that will destabilise UK social care & the NHS, we will have to go to Scottish Government to say you’re going to have to fund this or you will see a massive loss of service.” @r-cackett.bsky.social on impacts of the eNICs policy 👇

It couldn't be clearer what the issue is. Thank you, @r_cackett @ccpscotland As to solutions, well, we are all ears 👂 Anyone..?

Watch our CEO @r-cackett.bsky.social on BBC's The Sunday Show, discussing eNIC increases.👇 youtu.be/1fv840on3yY ...👂@teamlabouruk.bsky.social @scottishlabour.bsky.social @scottishgovernment.bsky.social @cornerstonescot.bsky.social @quarriers.bsky.social @key-lifestyles.bsky.social

Adding the words ‘and social care’ to a budget focused on health investment is not the way to save, and then reform, social care @scottishgovernment.bsky.social @ccpscotland.bsky.social www.gov.scot/publications...

Looking forward to sharing a cuppa with colleagues later this week as we consider the impact of the #ScottishBudget on social care staff. Come on @scottishgovernment.bsky.social - time to step up on #FairWork and #eNICs tomorrow. @ccpscotland.bsky.social

Read our CEO, @r-cackett.bsky.social's, latest piece in today’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social as #ScottishBudget week begins. Social care staff, carers and supported people need #MoreThanWarmWords Read it here: bit.ly/3CW584w

A massive collective call out of concern and anger from @ccpscotland.bsky.social members to @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @anassarwar.bsky.social please please rethink eNICs for social care providers of crucial public services. Consequences of not doing so are profoundly awful 👇👇

New Member Spotlight! 💡 “Can I have a bearded dragon?” How a question from William reveals home truths about our understanding of social care. Read this powerful blog from @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social at @cchangescotland.bsky.social. 👇 www.ccpscotland.org/ccps-blog/ca...

So @hmtreasury.bsky.social completely misunderstands how contemporary not for profit social care providers funded and what they do. Public service orgs mostly commissioned with public ££s. Hence terrible consequence of eNIC policy not factored in. Totally counterproductive. @ccpscotland.bsky.social

Just tried to order daughter’s Xmas present from a company nr London with global offices who don’t deliver to Scotland. Not ‘we don’t deliver to the islands’ which would be bad enough… but no, to ANYWHERE in Scotland. Wtf? I know 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 voted remain, but wonder if they realise we had to leave too??? 🤔

Can @hmtreasury.bsky.social confirm if their £300m calculation includes compensation for not-for-profit public service providers of social care @ccpscotland.bsky.social from this UK policy? If not,what response from @gov.scot.web.brid.gy @shonarobison.bsky.social ? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The eNIC changes facing charities providing public services are a huge mistake. It’ll impact the most vulnerable. It’ll have a disproportionately -ve effect on women. Say sorry. Sort it out. ⬆️ eNICs won’t save public services; it’ll crush them. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @scottishlabour.bsky.social

Today @scotparliament.bsky.social MSPs are debating the impact of NI changes on public services. Language matters. @ccpscotland.bsky.social NfP social care providers deliver public services. They are not classed as the ‘public sector’ but 100% need to be inc in the NI exemption. bit.ly/40WGv1t

I am listening to much comment on the National Care Service mess & the language of the bill as a ‘power grab’. I’d respectfully suggest this explains why the bill is a mess. A 🧵