What is the potential for innovation clusters in Scotland's social care sector and the role of public sector investment in supporting such development?
The scope for these innovations to stimulate clusters and achieve economic growth in Scotland, are also not well evidenced to date. Indeed, as our analysis of both literature and available data motivated us to explore more extensively with sector experts, this question was not generally considered as important. Rather – understandably - the focus from sector experts was on the quality and efficiency of delivery of services for care recipients and their families. Indeed, it was felt that focus on generating economic activity amongst domestic companies may not lead to optimal outcomes for providers or recipients of care. In these conclusions, we set out some of the opportunities for Scotland to take the lead on the development of evidence in the field of (i) innovation adoption, and (ii) innovation in social care more specifically.