Caring at home and work is tough I know from my own experience how challenging it can be juggling a busy work life and looking after a family member, in my case my mum at the end of her …
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 …
To mark the NHS’s 70th anniversary, the Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) has launched a new Twitter campaign to illustrate the importance of information sharing across health and social care. Helene Feger, PRSB’s Strategy, Communication and Engagement Director reveals the …
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 …
Stella Smith’s son Andrew has needed considerable ongoing support since the age of four when he was diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition. Ever since then, one of the greatest challenges for Stella and her family has been getting the …
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 …
We bring you another in the series of blogs from our friends at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. This time, Jonathan Senker, Chair of the Committee for the NICE guideline on learning disabilities and Chief Executive for …
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 …
Whilst awareness of child abuse and neglect has increased greatly in recent years, Professor Corinne May-Chahal and her colleagues at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) are keen to see more protection and support for children, young …
…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 – …