Food, weight, physical activity Scottish Govt consultation on guidance for local authorities on Part 9 of the Community Empowerment. This consultation relates to allotments/food growing, and can be found on the deadline is 17 November. See also: General knowledge services health improvement alert – Older people enquiry into hunger among older people across the UK – General Carers (Scotland) Act 2016: please note the different timescales for these consultations Consultation on a deadline is 22 October Carers’ Charter Consultation on draft regulations deadline is 24 September read the press release and Carers UK annual report State of Caring 2017 survey of carers – – report on population 2016 annual review National Records of Scotland – – Scottish Govt press release National Records of Scotland publication Funerals Planning your own funeral Scottish Government leaflet Funeral poverty Scottish Govt plan – Knowledge Services health improvement alert topic areas include: alcohol, children and – young people; disabilities, food and nutrition, mental health and wellbeing, obesity, older people, oral health, physical activity, sexual health, smoking, substance misuse and addictions Self-directed support - publication of report by Audit Scotland Audit Scotland Press release Audit Scotland report (full text, supplements, easy read summary) can be found on Holyrood Magazine article Free personal and nursing care, Scotland, 2015-16 Statistics Release presents the latest client and expenditure figures (financial year 2015-16) for Free Personal and Nursing Care (FPNC). This release presents information from a variety of sources to give a picture of: the number of people that benefit from Free Personal Care and Free Nursing Care in Scotland; and the amount that Local Authorities spend on personal care services. Health & Wellbeing in Scotland Are We Getting it Right? by Veterans’ – A short ‘think-piece’ the Veterans Commissioner on key health issues for the veterans community. Document: exec summary
Food, weight, physical activity Scottish Govt consultation on guidance for local authorities on Part 9 of the Community Empowerment. This consultation relates to allotments/food growing, and can be found on the deadline is 17 November. See also: General – knowledge services health improvement alert Older people – enquiry into hunger among older people across the UK General Carers (Scotland) Act 2016: please note the different timescales for these consultations Consultation on a Carers’ Charter deadline is 22 October Consultation on draft regulations deadline is 24 September Carers UK – annual report State of Caring 2017 – survey of carers read the press release and report on National Records of Scotland – population 2016 – annual review Scottish Govt press release National Records of Scotland publication Funerals Planning your own funeral Scottish Government leaflet Funeral poverty – Scottish Govt plan Knowledge Services – health improvement alert topic areas include: alcohol, children and young people; disabilities, food and nutrition, mental health and wellbeing, obesity, older people, oral health, physical activity, sexual health, smoking, substance misuse and addictions Self-directed support - publication of report by Audit Scotland Audit Scotland Press release Audit Scotland report (full text, supplements, easy read summary) can be found on Holyrood Magazine article Free personal and nursing care, Scotland, 2015-16 Statistics Release presents the latest client and expenditure figures (financial year 2015-16) for Free Personal and Nursing Care (FPNC). This release presents information from a variety of sources to give a picture of: the number of people that benefit from Free Personal Care and Free Nursing Care in Scotland; and the amount that Local Authorities spend on personal care services. Veterans’ Health & Wellbeing in Scotland – Are We Getting it Right? A short ‘think-piece’ by the Veterans Commissioner on key health issues for the veterans community. Document: exec summary
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