The Scottish Government has published plans for a National Care Service. The new service would rely on outsourcing to the private sector. We believe there is no room for profit in care. The recent report Profiting From Care shows how private providers siphon off money to investors that could and should be spent on care.Continue reading “Write to your MSP”
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Updated Campaign Statement
Over the last few weeks we’ve been working on an update to our campaign statement. This version was approved at the campaign meeting on 9th June 2022. (You can download the statement here). Another Edinburgh is Possible It is time to end the cycle of cuts to vital local services in our city. Austerity, outsourcing andContinue reading “Updated Campaign Statement”
Edinburgh TUC meeting
Edinburgh TUC is convening a Zoom meeting which will be attended by Councillor Ricky Henderson who is chair of the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB). The EIJB is responsible for the provision of Social Care in Edinburgh. In 2022 it is going to consult with the public on the future of the four Care HomesContinue reading “Edinburgh TUC meeting”
Let’s recognise care as a social good
The campaign for a National Care Service in Scotland: a contribution to a discussion. By HILARY HORROCKS (Edinburgh trades union council delegate). This article was first published on the People and Nature blog. We repost it here with the author’s permission. Health is a devolved matter in the not-so-United Kingdom, and that has allowed successiveContinue reading “Let’s recognise care as a social good”
Paint your town red
We plan to publish a range of ideas about alternatives to the current way local government and local services are run in Edinburgh. Here we link to a slideshow by Mike Cowley that looks at examples of Wealth Retention and Democratic Localism.
Outcomes of the EIJB meeting
The Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board, which organises integrated health and social care in the city, met on Tuesday 28th September. The meeting time and date had been changed twice at short notice. You might think that the board was trying to evade protest. In the event there were rallies outside the City Chambers, both inContinue reading “Outcomes of the EIJB meeting”
Save Our Care Homes – Campaign News
The next critical date in the campaign is September 14th when the Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board is holding a special meeting to discuss the closure proposals. We understand that they intend to take a decision on closure at this meeting and then open a period of consultation which will run until the end of theContinue reading “Save Our Care Homes – Campaign News”
Deputation to the Housing and Homelessness Committee
Hello – I’m Robyn Kane. I’m the chair of the Moredun Multis and Maisonettes Residents Association and a member of the Gilmerton and Inch community council. The resident’s association I represent has 6 high rises and two blocks of Maisonettes totalling over 500 homes. I personally have lived in the high-rises since early 2017 andContinue reading “Deputation to the Housing and Homelessness Committee”
The Feeley Report on adult social care
Marlyn Tweedie shares some thoughts on the Feeley report into the provision of Care in Scotland. The report was published on 3rd Feb 2021 – compiled by Derek Feeley, a former director general for health and Social care within the Scottish Government. The enquiry raised a degree of hope that perhaps a Care Service – adequately funded andContinue reading “The Feeley Report on adult social care”
Our City
‘Our City’ – the full report of ‘Another Edinburgh is Possible’s’ survey of the views of Edinburgh residents is published today. You can read the report online or download it via this link. Here’s the report forward written by Mary Alexander I am delighted to have been asked to write the foreword to this excellentContinue reading “Our City”
Another Edinburgh is Possible 