NHSScotland is running a competition to develop new and innovative technologies that will help people living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership are seeking views to review the Integration Scheme

Taking place between 2nd and 6th October 2017, Self Management Week raises awareness of the benefits self management can make to people.

Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership publish Annual Performance Report 

The ALLIANCE has responded to a call for views from the Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee on the Draft Budget for 2018-19.

NHSScotland and Scottish Government, GCIL Equality Academy is launching its search for a further twenty-two disabled graduates to take part in this hugely successful traineeship programme. 

Contact A Family Scotland’s new 2-year project sets out to ensure families of young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities have what they need to make them confident, informed, active participants in planning and supporting the transition from school into adult life.

The ALLIANCE has called on the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee to consider the implementation of SDS.

Caring Conversations is a free online training resource designed for both medical and non medical staff in general practice settings. 

The third National Dementia Strategy was published on 28 June 2017, coinciding with a range of activity in the Scottish Parliament related to the ALLIANCE’s Dementia Carer Voice programme, including a Member’s Debate on dementia in the name of James Kelly MSP, a parliamentary reception and the launch of our latest report – Dementia Carer Voices – Rights and the Carer Voice.Dementia Carer Voices was represented on the National Strategy Group and welcomes the publication of the strategy.  Below we have detailed a number of our initial views on the strategy. 

As part of Impact Arts ‘Cashback to the Future’ programme, they are now offering FREE 3 x 2 hour outreach workshops for young people aged 14 – 19 at risk from disengaging. More information can found here. 

Leonard Cheshire Disability Scotland want to know about your experiences of applying for Personal Independent Payments (PIP) whether or not you received PIP in the end.

The Getting to Know GIRFEC Team at the ALLIANCE will be holding a meeting on Monday 21st August at ALLIANCE Offices to discuss the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill and associated illustrative draft Code of Practice. As you may know, this Bill has been put forward by the Scottish Government in response to last year’s ruling by the Supreme Court on sharing information connected with the Named Person service.

In a letter to the Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee, Shona Robison MSP has outlined the Government's long term plans with regard to shifting the balance of care from acute to community health settings.

The Workforce Plan for Perth & Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership is being finalised. The Third Sector Health and Social Care Strategic Forum Forum's contributions to the draft plan have been welcomed and incorporated. However a gap around Third Sector Workforce data has been identified.