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  I’m giving up my time to help a woman fulfil her potential

  Date: March 8, 2018- Category: CEO blog

  I was delighted last night to receive a letter from the First Minister inviting me to take some time to mentor a young woman as part of our collective journey to develop a fairer Scotland full of equal aspiration and opportunity for all. I am proud to say that for…

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  The Scottish Living Wage – looking forward

  Date: October 19, 2017- Category: CEO blog

  Only yesterday, I wrote in the Times ‘Thunderer’ column that to achieve the best social care, we have to commit to paying our social care staff better. This article was published alongside the latest in a long line of reports from public bodies – this time from the Care Inspectorate – highlighting the scale of…

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  Choice and control exist in social care – just not yet with the people who need it

  Date: August 24, 2017- Category: CEO blog

  Eight years ago I began working with ENABLE Scotland as a management consultant, helping to prepare the organisation for the brave new world of Personalisation and Self-Directed Support (SDS). Around that time, ENABLE Scotland was involved in several innovative SDS pilots, including in North Lanarkshire and Glasgow. I worked with…

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