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Karen Hedge

@hegeit.bsky.social
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DCEO @ScottishCare @ImpAdultCare provider lead @championingcare Ambassador @uws court. Passionate about people. Mother, wife, coastguard, runner, CrossFitter and wannabe sea dog FRSA MIOD 💖🏃‍♀️🧜‍♀️ 🛟🏋️‍♀️⛵️

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Karen Hedge @hegeit.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Wooo wooo here we go Michelle McManus has us all in the palm of her hand. Time to #celebratecare @scottishcare.bsky.social #carehomeawards24
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Only 4 days until the 2024 Care Home Conference! 🚨 Get ready for a powerful day of insights & innovation in social care. Don’t miss your chance to join Scotland’s leading voices in the sector! 📅 Date: 15 Nov 🎟️ Book now: buff.ly/3CiK080 #carerevolution #carehome24
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Getting ready for the #carehome24 Conference! Excited for day full of insights and discussion. Stay tuned to today’s updates with #carerevolution!
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Nicola Cooper @nicolacooper.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Morning!! Here we go…. #CareHome24 #CareRevolution @scottishcare.bsky.social @drdmacaskill.bsky.social
View from 16th floor hotel room Charing X Glasgow
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A welcome from our Conference Chair Helen McArdle to our 2024 Care Home Conference. With thanks to our lanyards and name badge sponsor - Lyreco & stationary sponsor - Allica Bank. #carehome24 #carerevolution
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Inspiring story on ‘Where Skylarks Sing’ from Patrick J Davies OBE detailing his 1400 mile walking journey from England to Scotland, raising over £30k for Alzheimer Research UK 👏👏 #carehome24 #carerevolution
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A HIVEMIND Takeover at the #carehome24 #carerevolution Conference! 🐝 A collaboration of social care influencers inviting you to join their brave space.
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
HIVEMIND invites #carehome24 delegates to be BRAVE and step outside the comfort zone. Getting everyone up and dancing 🕺 💃. #carerevolution
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Time for the much anticipated ‘Fireside Chat on Care Homes’. Apt timing as we discuss about the future of the National Care Service. #carehome #carerevolution
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Q & A time at the #carehome24 Fireside Chat. A round of applause for a delegate who runs charity care homes who asks the politicians to 1. - bring independent care sector into parity of esteem with the NHS and the public sector and 2. look at the cost of care. #carerevolution
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Adele Macgillvray & Angela Fitzpatrick from Springboig Care Centre joins the Care Inspectorate session to with a case study on the Care Home Improvement Programme. Working closely with residents family, increasing engagement and reviewing medication. #carehome24 #carerevolution
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Are you here at the #carehome24 conference today? 📣 Don’t forget to share your thoughts, insights and photos with us with the conference hashtags #carehome24 #carerevolution
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Karen Hedge @hegeit.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
“Anything is possible if you break it down to one step at a time” Patrick Davies OBE @scottishcare.bsky.social #carehome24
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 07/10/2024
Don't miss the next #ScottishCareSurgery tomorrow on 8 October, 11 am! This is your chance to ask us questions and to join in the conversations about #socialcare. Open all @scottishcare.bsky.social members! Please join via the Members Area of our website.
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
🚨 Don’t miss our National Minimum Wage: Care at Home webinar on 10 Oct at 2pm! Join NMW specialist Gary Henderson (EY) as we discuss some of the most common NMW risks & issues facing Care at Home providers. Open to all! Find out more & register here: buff.ly/3zKzKoi
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National Minimum Wage: Care at Home Webinar - 10 Oct 2024
National Minimum Wage: Care at Home Webinar – Key risks and considerations for employers
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
🚨 Job Opportunity 🚨 We're looking for an Independent Sector Lead to support health & social care integration in Angus 💡 £49,564 p.a. 📍 Home-based with travel 🤝 Collaborate, Innovate, Communicate Apply by 12pm, 18th Oct 2024! buff.ly/3yGoGIhg
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Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE @clentonf.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
New podcast episode: Jo Vigor is joined by @clentonF, Associate Director, @TLAP, who shares his leadership journey. He explores what co-production is & what it means to have a health & care system that prioritises equity. Listen today #KFPodcas podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Making good trouble: Clenton Farquharson CBE on co-production, equity and change
What is co-production? What does it mean to have a health and care system that prioritises equity, inclusion and the voices of service users? In our new podcas
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
"The process we use to shape the future is the future we get." As the National Care Service takes shape, real change requires collaboration, not just process. Read our latest blog from Deputy CEO @hegeit.bsky.social on how we can get it right: buff.ly/3BqThKJ #CareAboutCare #CareRevolution
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Deputy CEO Blog: National Care Service Maxims
Latest blog from our Deputy CEO, Karen Hedge on the 6 maxims to guide the work of the National Care Service.
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Getting ready for the #EmpowerVoice Frontline Workforce Event with Workforce Matters. Looking forward to an insight day discussing effective voice and how to shape effective voice in the independent social care sector. 📣 #CareAboutCare
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Nicola Cooper @nicolacooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Final session of an excellent day #empowervoice - Provider panel - Independent Sector Organisational examples of effective voice @scottishcare.bsky.social @alymckechnie-vale.bsky.social
4 female panelists in front of projection of loud speaker
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Nicola Cooper @nicolacooper.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Excellent to be in Edinburgh today for Empowering voice: amplifying the Social Care Workforce event - great to see everyone #empowervoice @scottishcare.bsky.social
Event venue with Caroline Deane opening the event with attendees
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Karen Hedge @hegeit.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Woo hoo go Caroline! @scottishcare.bsky.social #empowervoice #careaboutcare
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Karen Hedge @hegeit.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Early start for the fabulous workforce matters event today 🚆💨🥶☕️
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Karen Hedge @hegeit.bsky.social · 27/09/2024
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Karen Hedge @hegeit.bsky.social · 25/09/2024
I wrote a thing
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Karen Hedge @hegeit.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
Lots of questions from a packed room at Scotland’s inaugural human rights conference. I’m here to be inspired, to innovate, to collaborate and to consider how we maintain #humanrights in social care. #careaboutcare @scottishcare.bsky.social
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
🎉 Celebrating one year since #GAN2023! While our interviews are now finished, let’s honour our everyday superheroes in ageing & care. If you have any innovations or inspiring stories about ageing, care, or support, share them with us! 💪✨ #GAN2023 #GlobalAgeing #GlobalCareDay
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Our final #GlobalAgeing interview for Global Older People’s Care & Support Day 2024 is Alison Kernoghan from Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging! 🌟 Their new 5-year plan emphasises co-design, involving older adults in research, expanding expertise internationally. 🌍🤝 #GAN2023 #GlobalCareDay
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Next for Global Older People’s Care & Support Day 2024: an interview with Rev Ngere H.N from Kenya! 🌟 Rev Ngere shares how the 2023 Global Ageing conference revitalized their ministry with older persons. #GAN2023 #GlobalAgeing #GlobalCareDay
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Next up for Global Older People’s Care & Support Day 2024: an interview with Verna M. Cavey from Colorado! 🌟 Key successes include global connections and a valuable visit to a Scottish retirement community. #GAN2023 #GlobalAgeing #GlobalCareDay
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Next for Global Older People’s Care & Support Day 2024: an interview with Dr Dwight Tse @UniStrathclyde ! Dr Tse discusses his international research on the impact of extreme heat on older adults, with teams from around the world🚀🌡️ #GlobalCareDay #GAN2023 #GlobalAgeing
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
For Global Older People’s Care & Support Day 2024, we chat with Sue Thomson, CEO of McLean Care, Australia! Since #GAN2023 , progress has been made with IH Health tackles remote healthcare challenges with virtual services, significantly reducing hospital admissions. 🚑✨ #GlobalAgeing
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
🌍 Our first #GlobalAgeing interview for Global Older People’s Care & Support Day 2024 comes from Italy! Featuring Heiner Schweigkofler, CEO Fondazione Liebenau, he shares the success of co-housing in combating loneliness through cross-generational connections. #GAN2023
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Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
A mission-driven government needs a suite of mechanisms to bring about innovation in other parts of society and the economy. Nesta's Laurie Smith explores four methods with the potential to catalyse innovation outside of government: www.nesta.org.uk/project-upda...
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Catalysing innovation for missions outside government
A mission-driven government needs a suite of mechanisms to bring about mission-driven innovations - we explore four methods to do so.
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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Good examples of open data standard docs? Stuff that helps you to find a way into the mental model/schema in a nice way?
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Karen Hedge @hegeit.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
A huge thank you to @Scottish care member Enhance healthcare for inviting me to the opening of Atlantic View in my home town #careaboutcare #igettodothis
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Scottish Government’s #Digital Directorate has set out five recommendations for increasing the value of #OpenData from the country’s #PublicSector. www.gov.scot/publications...
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Open data in Scotland: a blueprint for unlocking innovation, collaboration and impact
This independent report was commissioned by the Scottish Government Digital Directorate on the current international and domestic position on open data. This has been used to inform high-level recom...
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Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE @clentonf.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
LGBTQ+ Older Adult Social Care Assessment (LOASCA) project www.scie.org.uk/older-lgbtq-...
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LOASCA - LGBTQ+ Older Adults and Social Care Assessment
Older LGBTQ+ people and social care assessment
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Karen Hedge @hegeit.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
We asked 2 questions at the @scottishcare.bsky.social AGM yesterday. How do we make social care work for Scotland? & What does social care mean for me? Some cracking answers so far. Looking forward to building on this @ #carehome24 Briefing pending…
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Amara Nwosu @amaranwosu.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
As a Churchill Fellow I can highly recommend this amazing opportunity for UK citizens. Funded travelling fellowship to overseas to help research solutions for important problems. A life-changing opportunity. #churchillfellowship #churchillfellow churchillfellowship.org/become-a-fel...
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Karen Hedge @hegeit.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
Woo hoo great to be here
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Nicola Cooper @nicolacooper.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
Hot. Off. The. Press. Annual Report @scottishcare.bsky.social @drdmacaskill.bsky.social @hegeit.bsky.social
I’m on the train home from our AGM  holding our annual report
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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 02/09/2024
Hello! Kicking off our @bsky.app journey on the day of our Members' AGM, launching our Annual Reports and outlining our plans to drive forward a Care Revolution 🙌💙 Give us a follow! #careaboutcare
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