We heard Norman Lamb yesterday afternoon talking about the new landscape for health and care. He spoke about the need to transform services, create person centred care, of the challenges that lie ahead and the support the Government will provide …
The Social Care News blog will always promote opportunities for the care and support sector to engage with and help shape government policy. Ahead of the G8 Dementia Summit on 11 December 2013, the Department of Health wants to hear …
Over the summer, the department has been testing and seeking comments on a set of proposals that will be used to form a vulnerable older people’s plan. The proposals set out improvements in primary care and urgent and emergency care …
The Government has published its response to Dame Fiona Caldicott’s review of information sharing, in conjunction with new guidance from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) on how personal confidential data is both used and shared. The effective …
The Social Care Commitment, has been launched by the Department of Health, in partnership with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG). The Social Care Commitment …
The Registered Managers’ Programme from the National Skills Academy for Social Care aims to betterequip registered mangers to meet the challenges they face, to reduce their isolation by networking them at a local and national level, and to enable them …
Published in 2010, the Adult Autism Strategy for England Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives, is an essential step towards realising the Government’s long-term vision for transforming the lives of adults with autism. Now, following on from the initial self-assessment exercise in …
The National Skills Academy for Social Care, working in partnership with Skills for Care and MacIntyre, has just launched a new values-based recruitment toolkit for employers. At present, employers in social care face two key challenges: how to find and …
Think Local Act Personal, an alliance of over 30 national social care partners committed to improving the delivery of personalised community-based support, has launched a set of three tools to help improve the provision of information and advice available in …
The Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt announced on 5 July that he is seeking views on a set of proposals to radically improve care for vulnerable older people. The proposals set out improvements in primary care and urgent …