The third episode of 'Equally Valued', a podcast developed in collaboration with the ALLIANCE to look at issues of the moment in health and care, looking at Scotland's progress in its reform of social care is now available.

A lot has changed with regards to the National Care Service since the Feeley report's original recommendations. In this episode of Equally Valued, we take a look at how things currently lie with the largest social care reform in a generation. 

We speak with an advisor to the Independent Review of Social Care, Dr Jim Elder-Woodward, who is also a service user and former commissioner, manager and researcher of social care support. Jim shares his views on how the legislative process has unfolded so far and where does it fall short in delivering the necessary outcomes for people receiving care.

The conversation moves to a roundtable discussion with our hosts, ALLIANCE Chief Officer, Sara Redmond, Senior Policy Officer, Hannah Tweed, and healthandcare.scot Publisher, John Macgill. The group look at the key areas where action can still take place by Scottish government to provide individuals with transformative change to how services are delivered.

Equally Valued brings together the insights of the ALLIANCE, Scotland’s largest health and social care third sector organisation, with the journalism of healthandcare.scot. Each episode will focus on a particular issue affecting the health and care of individuals living in Scotland.

Past episodes of Equally Valued have investigated the impact of the fuel crisis on health inequalities and Scotland's progress toward a more fair and inclusive social security system.You can catch-up on previous episodes of Equally Valued here: