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To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its Care in the Digital Age: Delivery Plan 2022-23, whether it has further developed tools to support safer staffing and more flexibleworkforce arrangements.
An important part of our efforts to address that has been increasing our health visitor workforce by more than 500 since 2014 and expanding funded early learning and childcare to 1,140 hours for all eligible children.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 February 2021
This has the potential for roll out nationally if it was funded. Skilled and knowledgeable workforce: It is important to note that there is a skilled and passionate multi-disciplinary workforce across all 14 Children’s Health Boards, with a culture of review, development, consultation with families and young people, multi-disciplinary collaboration, data gathering and careful deployment of resources.
Committee reports
Date published:
29 November 2022
SSSC response: The role of the NSWA has not yet been defined. However, the objectives cover workforce planning, terms and conditions, training and development and improvement at a national level, all factors in workforce pressure.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2025
Parents also reported being dissatisfied with flexibility to match funded hours to their own working patterns to minimise the cost of top-up childcare.
In addition, I have committed to invest £50 million over the life of this parliamentary session to support the regulation and development of the social services workforce through the Scottish Social Services Council.