It is ten years since the Government committed to a strategy to transform the way support is planned through personal budgets. Colin Slasberg, an independent consultant in social care - and familiar to readers of Chief Social Worker for Adults Lyn …
“Pressures affecting hospitals and the social care system have rarely been out of the news in recent months,” observes social care, health policy consultant – and SCIE Associate - Richard Humphries. He believes now is the time to open up discussion …
‘Behind ancient city walls and along narrow medieval streets, something transformative is taking place in York’, says Martin Farran, Corporate Director of Health at City of York Council. Marking publication of the Social Care Institute for Excellence’s Asset-based places: a …
We don't often put out straight news stories but this one features an important request. The Department of Health has issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) to improve identification of young carers. This is a key piece of work designed …
As an independent voice for the people of Essex, Healthwatch Essex collects the views and lived experiences of people across the county. This information is used to inform recommendations to help improve, design and support the delivery of local health …
‘Social care was, for perhaps the first time, a defining issue in a general election,’ reflects Alex Fox Chief Executive of Shared Lives Plus and Chair of the Joint voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) Review. The debates about social …
As the life expectancy of people with learning disabilities increase, so too does their risk of developing conditions such as dementia. Emma Killick, Director of Adult Services for learning disabilities charity MacIntyre explains how her organisation is working to raise …
When the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) ran the first ever National Co-production Week last year they had no idea if the concept would gather momentum, recalls Tina Coldham, SCIE’s Co-production Network chair… With great anxiety we began feverishly …
The Social Care News blog is back in business after the General Election hiatus. To mark this resumption, who better to kick things off than occasional contributor and friend of the blog, Fatima Khan-Shah, Co-Founder of the Kirklees Carers Charter and social …
In his latest blog for Social Care News, Ewan King, SCIE’s Director of Business Development and Delivery makes the case for placing prevention at the heart of the new Green Paper. Investing now to relieve the pressure on social care …
'A workshop on asset-mapping’ wasn’t the snappiest title, confesses Pamela Holmes, Practice Development Manager at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). ‘However, the event saw so much energy, information and engagement that it put a spring in the step of the …
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