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Scottish Care condemns the racism, violence and intimidation seen in parts of the UK in recent days. There is no place for hatred, discrimination or fear in our communities, and no place for racism in Scotland.

Social care is built on dignity, compassion and human rights, and those values must be reflected in the communities we all share. Every day, care workers from m...


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Overview of the Award

The Pastoral Care Quality Award (PCQA) recognises social care providers in Scotland who demonstrate a strong commitment to the wellbeing, support, and integration of their workforce, particularly international and displaced workers.

The award is designed for care home, care at home and supported living providers who are com...


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Overview of the Award

The Pastoral Care Quality Award (PCQA) recognises social care providers in Scotland who demonstrate a strong commitment to the wellbeing, support, and integration of their workforce, particularly international and displaced workers.

The award is designed for care home, care at home and supported living providers who are com...


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In my previous blog on Saturday, I explored the growing reality that artificial intelligence is no longer confined to suggesting or supporting, but is increasingly able to act, initiating processes, shaping decisions, and raising fundamental questions of responsibility within care.

That discussion centred on accountability: on what it means when something acts in our n...


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The following was developed from a recent seminar which I delivered.

This morning I want to speak about artificial intelligence … but not as a technical topic. Nor primarily as a policy issue. But as a question of who acts, who decides, and who is answerable when systems act in our name.

For the last few years, we have asked a particular set of...


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