Verena Hewat

CFoIS recently submitted Supplementary Evidence on the FoI Reform Bill to the SPPA Committee. Find out more in these graphics and via our website: cfois.scot/foisa-bill/ #FoISAReform25 #freedomofinformation #accesstoinformation #scotland #foi

Do you want the enforceable right 2 access info from private & third sector providers of care home & care at home services? Plz give ur views to the ScotGovt consultation launched today ⁦@agescotland⁩ ⁦⁦@CovidJusticeUK⁩ ⁦@KatySClark⁩ consult.gov.scot/communications…

Time to share your views! 💬 The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on extending FOI to cover care service providers in Scotland. The proposals would bring privately-run care services into line with those provided by public bodies. More: foi.scot/scottish-gover…

7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’. Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint" Care homes are mostly in the private sector, profit margins of up to 40%. bigissue.com/news/housing/c…

@NEF This sounds brilliant! I read the RORE Extraction report on care systems in UK yesterday and am still reeling. I hope you can all come up with some hopeful solutions. Just re-posting the link in the hope it reaches a wider audience: publication.cles.org.uk/ending-extract…

Do you work for a local or combined authority? Worried about what you can do within the existing system? We are here to help. Sign up for RORE's FREE webinar on 2 Dec. With more than 70% of LA spending going into social care - it is time for change: ✍️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/ending-extra…

NEW REPORT: £250m+ has been taken as profit, by private companies running social care services in 3 English regions, over the last 3 years, by orgs: ⛴️ Owned by private equity firms 🏝️ Or owned by orgs based in tax havens publication.cles.org.uk/ending-extract…

“I hadn’t realised the extent of the problem… This report shows just how much money is siphoned away from the people who need it.” Ann Cleeves, Vera series author, backs our call to end profit extraction from care. See what's lost & where it's going: buff.ly/18p5nJV

Read the new Reclaiming Our Local Economies report here: centreforthrivingplaces.org/rore-extractio… Via a core partnership from Centre for Thriving Places, Centre for Local Economic Strategy, @NEF and @CooperativesUK It's time to re-wire our economy.

'Disclosure: Care Home Undercover' @catmacphee goes undercover in Castlehill Care Home, revealing a series of care failures. Yesterday, the home tried unsuccessfully to take the BBC to court to prevent the documentary being broadcast. Watch it here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

The SPPA Cttee is consulting on the general principles of the Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill - an opportunity 2 share ur views by 22 Oct 2025 Scottish Parliament - Citizen Space ⁦@severincarrell⁩ ⁦@robedwards53⁩ ⁦@DvdHmltn⁩ yourviews.parliament.scot/sppa/freedom-o…

"I didn't even know the care home had applied for a DoLS until the BIA called me!" Training Events - Two BIA Legal Update Events in August - book your place(s) now! mailchi.mp/edgetraining/i… #mentalcapacity #mentalhealth #dols #humanrights

📢 Save the date! The next Scottish Public Information Forum meets on Friday 26 Sept 2025, 11am–1pm at the Scottish Parliament to mark International Right to Know Day. 🗓️🗣️ Tickets available from: tinyurl.com/SPIF25 #SPIF2025 #RightToKnow #FOI #FOISA20

📅 Friday 22 August | 🕝 2:30–3:45pm 📍 Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh "Freedom of Information: falling short after 20 years?" Join the debate 👉 tinyurl.com/FOIatFOP #FoP2025 #FOI #RightToKnow

30%-40% of public money given to England's care homes vanishes in profits, little left for frontline services. Almost all care homes forcibly closed between 2011 and 2023 were operated by for-profit companies. Profits and care can't be combined. Watch the Minister's reply.

“If you love anyone and they are in a human body, you should expect to provide care,” says Emily Kenway, author of “Who Cares.” She talks about the inevitability of caregiving and how unprepared most people are. @emilykenway @MichelMcQMartin

@gwensteroony @ShaunLintern @CareQualityComm Always, always ask about overnight and weekend staffing levels, then do the maths, then ask the questions. And yes, meds rounds CAN/do take hours: *where is the cover for that?* How are pts effectively and safely even supported to move or be made comfortable with one person?

We're working with @CarersTrust on a project about the reality of Carers Rights for Carers Rights Day. We've got a real quick couple of questions we'd love you to answer. No long surveys here. It will take mins. Please RT and share. Link here bit.ly/3NrCB8Z

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Honestly one of the best things I've ever seen on this island

@at_the_sea I knew you would be impressed! She was so great!

@ancientobjects Scenes you do not see in Crystal Palace on a daily basis?! Excellent front row standing commitment btw.

Grace Jones @SouthFacingFest @CP_Bowl 🤩