Investing in better social care research
"Most readers of this blog will know someone who uses adult social care services," says Professor Martin Knapp, Director of the NIHR School for Social Care Research in his debut post for Social Care News. "You may actually be that ‘someone’. …
NCASC 2018: How conversations can help us assess and plan care and support
“One of the underpinning elements of the new ‘Making it Real’ framework, is that all forms of support are based on conversations around what matters most to people” says Jim Thomas, Programme Head at Skills for Care. In his latest …
NCASC 2018: Small scale innovation will not be enough to sustain social care
Ewan King, director of business development and delivery, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) looks forward to discussing this and other hot topics at this week's NCASC conference in Manchester. It is easy to forget in immensely difficult …
NCASC 2018: Let’s make caring everybody’s business
Help DHSC, Carers Trust and a broad range of care and support organisations find new and better ways to identify and support young carers. Anita Wadhawan from our Social Care Strategy and Project team has all the details of their …
NCASC 2018: Happy Wednesday...
...and Thursday and a bit of Friday too! Yes, the National Children and Adult Services Conference (#NCASC18) returns to the Manchester Central social care scene as of Wednesday 14 November. If only we had a pair of maracas like Bez, …
Caring for ourselves is never selfish
Self-care is a priority for the British Medical Association (BMA) says Amanda Cool, Chair of its Patient liaison group. As Self-Care Week gets underway, she explains why caring for ourselves is not selfish. It is a huge understatement to say we …
Making the UK a global leader in palliative care research
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) supports the funding and delivery of clinical research in health and social care in England. Investment in cancer research remains a priority. Last year over 1,000 cancer research studies were carried out with NIHR's support. This includes …
Self Care Week and the power of vitamin D
What’s vitamin D got to do with Self Care Week? Dr David Paynton, GP, Self Care Forum Board member and RCGP National Clinical Lead has the facts at his fingertips… The Self Care Forum has recently launched a factsheet on …
Why 'Making it Real' matters so much to me
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 …
Self Care Week: be part of something bigger!
An amazing 300 plus organisations got involved in Self Care Week last year with a reach of more than 22 million people, more than a third of England’s population. Dr Ian Banks, Trustee for the Self Care Forum and President …