“The biggest argument for nationalising the care home industry now is what will happen if the Scottish Government doesn’t intervene and continues to waste resources on trying to make the current market system work.”
Care Inspectorate
“If the Scottish Government were to decide to create a not for profit National Care Service under which the workforce was fairly paid and properly trained, domiciliary services would be the easiest to reform.”
Nick Kempe: Care at home and the Covid crisis
Imagine you are elderly, and you and your family are discussing whether to move into a care home. Maybe a Source Direct subscriber out there is in this situation. Naturally, you would be worried about covid-19. One of the questions you may have about a possible care home is: ‘How has it done so far […]
We need care homes transparency: whether commercial providers like it or not
“The health impacts of Covid-19 shouldn’t just be assessed in terms of those who have died, but also by looking at the lives of those who have survived.”
Nick Kempe: What’s happening with rehabilitation in care homes in Scotland?
“As the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths thankfully drop, it is more important than ever that pressure is kept on government to account for what has gone wrong and use this to inform a proper plan to protect older and other vulnerable people should Covid-19 return.”
Nick Kempe: There is no sign the Scottish Government has learnt from the care sector’s lack of preparation for a pandemic
“The failure is with our centralised, under-resourced and bureaucratised systems that did not prepare properly for a pandemic and don’t have the flexibility to respond to the Covid-19 crisis as a crisis – a system that keeps the people responsible for regulation distanced from what they are supposed to be regulating.”