Opinions

Matthew discusses the ALLIANCE’s recent partnership work in the Scottish Borders and the importance of co-productive approaches.

ALISS Programme Partnerships Manager, Angela, shares some thoughts about wellbeing following COP26, and introduces our related ALISS plans.

Dora reflects on living with pancreatic insufficiency to raise awareness of the condition and of the barriers faced accessing support.

Nicola Cogan writes about the new NHS Inform menopause platform

Noelia Martínez from the Citizens Rights Project reflects on the role that ALLIANCE members can play to support EU citizens in Scotland.

Artist and Sculptor Kathryn Hanna shares information about a new project connecting the arts with health and social care.

"Current care systems aren’t working for people they serve and need radical change."

Alex Stobart reflects on the need to shift from organisation-centred data to person-centred data.

Duncan Thorp reflects on the importance of social enterprises within the proposed National Care Service.

Charlie McMillan of SCLD asks how do we turn an increasingly thread-bare safety net into a vibrant springboard?

Fanchea Kelly, Chief Executive of Blackwood reflects on the importance of where and how we live are to getting it right.

Lynn Welsh reflects on how we can achieve a social care system with ‘human rights, equity and equality at its very heart.'

Dr Yina Lizeth Garcia-Lopez explores finding so far, and calls for participants for study at Edinburgh Napier.

Alison Keir, Vice Chair of the Allied Health Professions Federation Scotland reflects on the vital role that AHPs play in social care.

Robert Fraser former Scottish Government Getting It Right For Every Child Advisor reflects on Getting it right for children and families.

Elidh Brown, Partnership Development Lead for tsiMoray reflects on people with lived experience having a direct role in shaping services.

Mark Hazelwood, CEO of Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care reflects on end of life care as part of social care support.

Gillian reflects on the importance of putting people at the centre of an independent inquiry into COVID-19.

VOX reflects on opportunities and challenges for those with lived experience of mental ill-health within the NCS Consultation.

Donald Macleod of Self Directed Support Scotland reflects on getting it right for Personal Assistants

Scottish Sensory Hub's Hazel McFarlane shares her thoughts on the emotional impact of sight loss for World Sight Day.

Sandra Auld of Healthcare Public Affairs advocates for citizen-held data and data integration.

Sharon Wiener-Ogilvie, Podiatry Service Lead at NHS Borders speaks of the important role podiatrist have in people's health and wellbeing

For World Sight Day 2021, we look at what Deafblind people have said about agency, communication, and social care, and what needs to change.

Isabella Goldie from Deafblind Scotland reflects on specialist care and work to be done within the national care service.