How information sharing can lead to safer care for children
From helping families living in poverty to intervening in cases of neglect and domestic violence, child and family social workers are valued professionals. To be fully equipped for this varied and demanding role they need the right tools. Lucy Butler, …
Embracing self care for life
Self-care is a priority for the British Medical Association (BMA) says Amanda Cool, current Chair of its patient liaison group. With Self Care Week just around the corner, she explains why easy access to information the public can trust is …
Robo care
There were many interesting highlights and diversions at this year's National Children and Adult Services Conference in Bournemouth (#NCASC17), but as your dedicated Social Care News editor stepped onto the escalator to reach the upper levels of the venue, he …
After NCAS: young carers in the spotlight
We’re very grateful to Carers Trust’s Laura Bennett for drafting this blog on the train home from Bournemouth after “an exciting time joining colleagues at NCAS 2017 to share our joint work with Carers UK on Carer Passports.” We were …
NCAS 2017: A passport to support
Workshop: Working together to develop carer friendly communities Wednesday 11 October 12.10 – 1.10 Solent Hall "With an ageing population, and more people living longer with disabilities into older age, attention continues to turn to how we support this positive …
NCAS 2017: SCIE talks assets, innovation, integration and more...
"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 …
NCAS 2017: Let’s make caring everybody’s business
Workshop: Working together to develop carer friendly communities Wednesday 11 October 12.10 – 1.10 Solent Hall How can we improve the support we provide to today’s carers? The Department of Health Carers policy team is collaborating with sector partners to …
NCAS 2017: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Q&A
DH exhibition stand Q&A: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Thursday 12 October, 3.10 – 3.40 Exhibition Hall Up to an estimated 200,000 people in England lack the capacity to make decisions about their personal care or healthcare and may require Deprivation …
NCAS 2017 comes back to Bournemouth!
“Jurassic coast!” If Alan Partridge was, for some unfathomable reason, launching this year’s National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCAS), I’d like to think he might open with just such an exclamation of excitement, noting as he should the triumphant …
Social prescribing to be major talking point during Self Care Week 2017
"Since the formation of the Self Care Forum in 2011, great progress has been made in embedding self care into everyday life," says Kingston-Upon-Thames GP and forum co-chair, Dr Pete Smith. This year’s Self Care Week, running 13 -19 November …