Private Care Sector Workforce Initiative
Local Government and Communities Committee minutes- Home Care Services for the Elderly
Senior Home Care Sector Representatives give evidence to Scottish Government Committee.
Gloria McLoughlin, Chief Executive of Scottish Care at Home, and Kevin Scullion, Managing Director of Independent Living Services. Gave evidence to the Scottish Government's Local Government and Communities Committee on 10th June 2009.
They answered questions on such diverse topics as:-
The impact of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 on the tendering of contracts for home care services.
Rates of Pay
Levels of Service
Workforce Development
Funding for training
Differences between Local Authority provision
In addition at the same meeting Alexis Jay, Chief Executive of the Social Work Inspection Agency; and Jacquie Roberts, who is Chief Executive of the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care also gave evidence to the Committee.
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