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Ethical Commissioning Support for Commissioners Learning Report

New report released - 'Ethical Commissioning Support for Commissioners Learning Report'

Iriss has released the 'Ethical Commissioning Support for Commissioners Learning Report,' aiming to assist commissioners in implementing ethical commissioning and procurement practices within adult social care. The report was developed in conjunction with the 'Action Learning Set group'. An…
Published 6 May 2025 in News
Maggie Melon with participants at the discussion

Child protection: listening to and learning from parents

An informal discussion was held at Serenity Cafe in Edinburgh on the subject. Stuart Muirhead from Iriss offers his reflections on the discussion, which was chaired by Maggie Mellon.
Published 8 Dec 2017 in Features
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People seek a life, not a service

Kerry Musselbrook from Iriss shares her thoughts on the Our Shared Ambition event which was held in September 2017.
Published 5 Dec 2017 in Features
Library

How much do you value SSKS?

SSKS provides access to thousands of online full-text articles and e-books, as well as research databases, evidence summaries and more.
Published 5 Dec 2017 in News
Co-production tool

It's Co-production Week 2017

As part of celebrating Co-production Week 2017, Josie Vallely (Project Manger at Iriss) reflects on the potential of co-production to distribute power.
Published 23 Nov 2017 in Features
What the public think about Scottish social services and why

What the public think about social services

The Social Work Services Strategic Forum has published research on what the public think about Scottish social services and why.
Published 14 Nov 2017 in News
Scottish Social Services Awards

Scottish Social Services Awards 2018

The Scottish Social Services Awards 2018 are now officially open.
Published 7 Nov 2017 in News
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Can we pick your brain?

As valued stakeholders of Iriss, we would really appreciate your insight and advice as we plan our work for 2018/19. To help ensure our work plan responds to the needs and priorities of the…
Published 3 Nov 2017 in News
Care and support

Integrated Care Matters webinar series

We're really pleased to be supporting The International Foundation for Integrated Care's (IFIC) second series of free webinars on people-centred integrated care in practice. The series will focus on…
Published 1 Nov 2017 in News
Ouctomes & CO Uk distribution map

Outcomes & CO: conversation openers - initial evaluation

This is a summary of what we know so far about the reach and impact of the Outcomes & CO tool based on information gathered between 8th May and 2nd October 2017.
Published 24 Oct 2017 in Features
Social media

Updated social media guidance

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has recently updated its social media guidance for the workforce. It's great to see and is welcomed by Iriss given that we've been promoting the use of…
Published 23 Oct 2017 in News

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