Service users appointed to care commission

Two service users have been appointed to the recently created
Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care, following an
announcement by Malcolm Chisholm, minister for health and community
care.

Janis Pelosi is secretary of Midlothian Sure Start, a voluntary
organisation which provides services for children and families.
Pelosi also has personal experience of using home care and services
for children and families.

Caroline Lindsay is a young person’s worker with Who
Cares? Scotland, an organisation which helps children who are
looked after and young people formerly in care. Lindsay has
experience of being looked after, and will also add a black and
ethnic minority perspective to the Care Commission.