How Do We Reform Adult Social Care to be Equitable & Resilient?

How Do We Reform Adult Social Care to be Equitable & Resilient?

Future Global Shocks
Date: Monday 24 October 2022
Time: 18:30 - 20:00
Venue: Room 507, Boyd Orr Building, 120 University Ave, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QR
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Tressa Burke, Derek Feeley, Fiona McQueen, Jeane Freeman OBE and Prof Michael Russell
Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/future-global-shocks-series-tickets-425009002367

In many countries, including Scotland, the decisions at points in the pandemic failed to protect elderly and vulnerable citizens. Considerable suffering was caused together with likely longer term impacts and the model of adult social care was exposed as too weak and too disparate. As that model is revisited, what can we learn from the collaborations already achieved, from other countries and how do we link future health and social care in a way that consistently puts the patient and citizen first?

In the second in our series of Global Shock events , our panel of experts will consider questions such as:

  • What lessons have we learnt from the pandemic to make our social care systems more resilient?
  • In the global sphere, who could Scotland learn from?
  • The pandemic widened health, social and economic inequalities. What do we need to do to address these challenges through the lens of social care?
  • Are our social care systems flexible enough to cope with the next global shock we might face?

With contributions from:

Tressa Burke founder member and Chief Executive Officer of Glasgow Disability Alliance

Derek Feeley, President and Chief Executive, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Fiona McQueen CBE, Vice-chairwoman of the National Drugs Death Taskforce; former Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland (2015 -2021)

A brief introduction to the Global Shock Series will also be given by:

Jeane Freeman OBE, former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport in the Scottish Government

Professor Michael Russell, former Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations of Scotland in the Scottish Government

 

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