National Care Service Forum 2023: report

NCS National Forum 2023

The Glasgow Science Centre was chosen as the venue for this year’s forum for several reasons, including:

• the accessibility of the venue
• venue facilities, including the online aspect
• ability to host a large event
• how close it was to transport links, accommodation and parking

We offered people 3 ways to participate in the forum:

• in person at the venue, where they could listen to the speakers and take part in discussion groups
• online using Zoom, where they could listen to the speakers and take part in discussion groups
• online using YouTube, where they could listen to the speakers only

Before the forum, we sent information to everybody who had signed up. This included details of what we would cover at the forum and some background information about the NCS.

More than 250 people joined the event online and in-person, including:

• stakeholders
• people who access social care support
• the social care workforce
• carers and unpaid carers

The event was Chaired by:

• Lorraine McGrath who is Chief Executive of the Simon Community Scotland and board member of the Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS)
• Shea Moran who is Senior Representative for Aff the Streets