What health services can Scotland provide?
Answer:
The Scottish Government has shown consistent support for the NHS and contributes more per head of population than England, and without threats of privatisation.
Full answer here: Health Services are devolved to the Scottish government
The National Care Service is a Lie
Author / Creator: Janice McAlpine (pseud.)
Media type: consultation response
Date published:
the plans will only bolster the profit motive that already pollutes much of social care provision, remove vital local accountability, will leave workers short-changed and, most importantly, are vagueon how it will improve anything for people who require support to live their lives to the full.
Scotland’s COVID inquiry must be credible, timely and thorough – here’s what needs to happen
Author / Creator: Andrew Watterson
Media type: News Media
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Four steps for a successful inquiry
No delays
Devolved matters only
What has worked and what hasn’t
Public respons
NHS Scotland: how much is being spent?
Author / Creator: Claire Milne
Media type: Fact check
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The planned increase in day-to-day spending on health in Scotland between 2006/07 and 2018/19 has gone up by £4 billion to £13 billion. It doesn’t account for inflation though, once that is added the increase is £2 billion.
Ending Lockdown
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: Policy Paper
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This paper models the cost of a comprehensive testing-based strategy to limit the spread of Covid-19 in Scotland and to allow the country to emerge safely from its blanket lockdown.
The Predictable Crisis
Author / Creator: Nick Kempe
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Common Weal investigates the impact of Covid-19 in Scottish Care homes and finds that the warnings about the weaknesses in pandemic preparation were repeatedly ignored with the result of causing “The single greatest failure in devolved government since the creation of the Scottish Parliament”
Concern Over Lack Of Testing
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: News Item
Date published:
Common Weal’s Local Groups call for an increase in the ambition of its proposed Test, Trace, Isolate and Support plans.
Two thousand deaths later, has infection control in care homes improved?
Author / Creator: Nick Kempe
Media type: Report
Date published:
Nick Kempe investigates the Care Inspectorate’s attempts to assess the ongoing response in Scottish care homes to the Covid-19 pandemic.
While some care homes have improved, concerns about the quality of data being gathered and the way in which care homes are being reassessed remain. For example, staff in care homes are still not being properly trained in infection control.
Common Weal's Manifesto for a National Care Service
Author / Creator: Common Weal Care Reform Group
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
This Manifesto lays out the principles of care that should be met by any proposed blueprint for Care reform and will be followed up in due course with a comprehensive blueprint for an NCS that would meet these principles and align with the values of Common Weal.