The Digital Social Care Programmes and Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS) partners, Megan Williams and Simon Webster, supported by their colleague Marcia Geiger, provide a vital link with their member organisations in third sector social care.
Their current focus is on supporting co-production of data and digital developments for the National Care Service, social care reform, and the delivery of the national data strategy for health and social care.
Key Objectives
- Making data meaningful for third sector social care providers and national partners.
- Supporting the mainstreaming of digital approaches in social care, including sustainability.
- Supporting our member organisations to develop the social care workforce with digital skills.
Latest Update
We have been working with Scottish Government, including engagement with the Digital Health and Care and Social Care and NCS Service Development Directorates, to test some interim resilience measures and indicators within not-for-profit social care during surge pressures Winter 2023-4.
This work takes place in a context in which most national data that is available about social care’s providers and workforce is based on annual reporting to regulators. This project tests the collection of more regular, responsive data that can inform support for the sector during periods of high demand.
A short questionnaire was developed with a group of not-for-profit social care leaders in October and has been collecting CCPS member organisations’ responses around resilience and winter pressures on a monthly basis since 1st November 2023.
Alongside this, we are continuing with our Digital Programme for member organisations, including a Digifest satellite session, representation of the sector on various national working groups, a meeting of our Digital Committee, and organisation of a Digital Learning Seminar in response to members’ priorities.