Tim Parkin, Senior Policy Advisor at Think Local Act Personal (TLAP), has spent much of his working life close to - well - policy! Over the years, he's striven to understand, explain and implement many approaches and strategies designed to …
With their focus on the needs and wants of the individual, the new integration accelerator sites have started in the right place, says Ewan King, director of business development and delivery at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). What …
If you had the chance, what would you tell your younger self? That’s a question posed on Respect Yourself’s website, a registered UK charity dedicated to helping young people make informed and independent decisions using the lived experience and acquired …
As the Department of Health & Social Care launches the eagerly anticipated Carers Action Plan, it’s a welcome return to Social Care News for our very good friend, Fatima Khan-Shah. Creator of a Carers Charter and tireless campaigner for greater …
It’s a welcome return to the DHSC Social Care News blog for the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)’s Chief Executive Tony Hunter. This time he wants to remind you of a marvellous mutual care and support scheme which is …
SCIE’s Ewan King suggests that, when it comes to integration, some individuals, businesses, and health and social care organisations spend too much time talking about structures and not enough about people. Time to reverse that ratio! This is certainly the …
It’s a welcome return to Social Care News for Yvette Wetton as she explains the work she and the Healthwatch Essex Engagement Team have been doing to make sure people living with dementia are fully involved in projects to make …
…but what do they mean for social care? That’s the question Ewan King is asking in his latest blog for DHSC’s Social Care News. Integrated Care Systems and Integrated Care Partnerships – until recently accountable care systems and partnerships – …
The appointment of Tracey Crouch MP as a dedicated Minister for tackling loneliness attracted interest from around the world. In this companion piece to Ewan King's post on finding small solutions to the big problem of social isolation, Shared Lives …
“With one million people aged 64 and over in the UK reporting that they are often or always lonely, the newly appointed Minister for Loneliness, Tracey Crouch, has a big task on her hands,” says our returning blogger, Social Care …