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Fiona Duncan: The death of one child or young person is one too many
Sunday, 24 October 2021
The Promise Scotland's full response to the news that a record number of young people died in care during lockdown.
William Lindsay: Outrage and shame are not enough
Sunday, 24 October 2021
Yesterday it was 3 years since William Lindsay died, at just 16 years old in Polmont Young Offenders Institution. Outrage and shame were the right response – but alone they are not nearly enough.
Fiona Duncan: One question and one question only series: What are the challenges and risks of the creation of a single National Care Service to #KeepThePromise?
Friday, 08 October 2021
The Chair of The Promise Scotland continues this blog series, focusing on the challenges and risks a National Care Service may pose to keeping the promise.
Fiona Duncan: Programme for Government
Tuesday, 07 September 2021
The Chair of The Promise Scotland comments on the commitment in Scotland's 2021 Programme for Government to establish a Whole Family Wellbeing Fund.
Fiona Duncan: One question and one question only series: What are the opportunities offered by a National Care Service?
Friday, 03 September 2021
A consideration of some of the opportunities for positive change that a National Care Service could offer.
Redesign will put the needs of children and families with lived experience at heart of The Children’s Hearings System
Sunday, 15 August 2021
A Working Group has been created to redesign The Children’s Hearings System.
Fiona Duncan: One Question and One Question Only - will it #KeepThePromise?
Monday, 09 August 2021
As the Scottish Government launches a 12-week consultation on the creation of the National Care Service (NCS), Fiona Duncan vows to scrutinise whether it would help #KeepThePromise.
The Christie Commission - Ten years old and still pointing the way
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Fraser McKinlay writes on the tenth anniversary of the Christie Commission report, which provided a clear and challenging vision for the future of public services in Scotland.
The Promise Scotland publishes Change Programme ONE
Friday, 25 June 2021
Today The Promise Scotland publishes Change Programme ONE, a plan of action for the coming year.
Fiona Duncan: Plan 21-24 - Building a country that cares, made up of services that work
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Today sees the launch of Plan 21-24, the first of three plans that will together set out how Scotland will, by 2030, #KeepThePromise made by the Independent Care Review.