HSCS Resources

On this page you will be able to access a range of publications and reports:

Emergent good practice aligned to the framework for community health and social care integrated services
Resources from our annual conferences
Our responses to consultations from Scottish Government and other bodies
Our responses to parliamentary committee calls for evidence
Reports about health and social care integration (including leadership)
Our newsletter, Integration Collaboration Transformation

Annual conference resources: 2019

Leadership and compassion across health and social care by Allison Trimble

Workshop: Building a better future for mental health

Workshop: Distress brief intervention: building connected compassionate support

Workshop: Edinburgh's story - three conversations

Workshop: Enabling collaborative leadership through self-managing teams

Workshop: Human rights based approach to supporting those with complex needs, learning disability and autisrm

Workshop: Islands of innovation: embracing new ways and new roles

Workshop: Let's talk about ... thinking differently

Workshop: Making life easier: digital tech, innovation and co-production

Workshop: Person-led approaches to sustainable transformation

Workshop: The Good Life Group - training that changes lives

Workshop: Wellbeing and recovery college

Annual conference resources: 2018

Compassionate Inverclyde Evaluation

Creativity, Culture and Courage conference - Scotland's Voices Video

Keynote speech by Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon MSP

Developing The Angus Care Model

East Renfrewshires Family Wellbeing Service

Engaging with Carers as Partners in Care in Dumfries & Galloway

Inter-Agency Housing First Development in Glasgow

Midlothian Wellbeing Service in Primary Care-Beyond Medicine

Squaring the Circle in Argyll & Bute

Strengths-Based Practice & Family Group Decision Making in Edinburgh

Telehealth - Using digital technology to improve everyday lives SouthLanarkshire

Consultation responses

Our responses to consultations are the collective views of chief officers to health and social care policy matters, including related topics such as housing.

National Care Service Consultation Response - Chief Officers Group

National Workforce Planning Discussion Document (March 2017)

NHS 24 Draft Strategy (February 2017)

Role of the Scottish Health Council (October 2017)

Safe and Effective Staffing in Health and Social Care (July 2017)

To support further engagement on Safe and Effective Staffing in Health and Social Care (February 2018)

COVID19: HSCScotland reports

Is primary care the 'canary in a coal mine' of our health and social care system?

Lessons learned from reducing delayed discharges and hospital admissions

Framework for Community Health and Social Care Integrated Services

Emergent good practice 1: Introduction

Emergent good practice 2: Promoting healthy independent living

Emergent good practice 3: Working more effectively

Emergent good practice 4: Accessible responsive services

Framework for Community Health and Social Care Integrated Services

Calls for evidence

Parliamentary committees within Scottish Parliament will issue calls for evidence on specific topics. Our responses are the collective views of chief officers across Scotland.

Health and Care (Scotland) (Staffing) Bill (August 2018)

Guidance, letters and reports

2019-20 Integration Authority Strategic Commissioning Plans, Annual Performance Reports and Annual Accounts

Audit Scotland Health and Social Care Integration Update on Progress (November 2018)

COVID-19: Information and Guidance for Social or Community Care & Residential Settings

Delayed Discharge and the Impact of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000

Discharge planning - adults with incapacity

Discharge planning - involving carers

Joint protocol for the provision of children’s equipment (including provision within schools) - good practice example

Leading across Health and Social care in Scotland – Learning from Chief Officers Experiences, Planning Next Steps (The King’s Fund, June 2018)

Ministerial Strategic Group for Health and Community Care - Review of Progress with Integration of Health and Social Care - Final Report

Planning discharge from hospital: A guide to providing community equipment