Integration
"‘Joining up care for people, places and populations’ is not just the title of the Government’s Integration White Paper, but an aspiration for us all" says Paul Najsarek of Solace, the membership network for public sector and local government professionals. He believes local expertise can deliver local solutions, as he explains in his debut blog for this site...
Samantha Goncalves is the citizen lead for the Professional Record Standards Body’s social care project, which aims to develop standards for information sharing between social care and health.
Two new surveys will gather information on how people using social care services can benefit from a more connected system, where their needs and values can be shared and understood by all.
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 …
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 …
…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 closer integration of health and social care has been a goal for many years, receiving broad support across the political spectrum,” observes Deborah Rozansky, health and social care consultant and associate at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). …
"Sunshine might be in short supply in Bournemouth next week as delegates gather for the NCAS conference, but a few days by the seaside can be rejuvenating," says Paul Burstow, Chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, as he …
Introducing the National NHS Complaints Managers Forum. Already well established with over 690 members, the forum is a group of complaints, patient advice and liaison services (PALS), patient experience managers and others involved in complaints and patient feedback from across …
Meet and greet: Wednesday 2 November, 1.15 – 2.15pm, DH Lounge (E30) Members of the Better Care Support team (BCST) will be attending this year’s National Children and Adults Services Conference (NCAS) on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd November. Rosie …
‘Being a senior or emerging leader intent on enabling better systems working across the health and social care sectors can be a lonely business,’ says Nicholas Bradbury, senior associate at the NHS Leadership Academy, as he leads the design and …
