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10th October 2016 saw the start of the second 7 days of action campaign week - telling the web of stories of families who have a family member in an ATU who they want to get home,
Meet and greet: Thursday 3 November, 3.15 – 3.45pm, DH Lounge (E30) Rob Mitchell and Mark Harvey are the current co-chairs of the National Adult Principal Social Worker Network. The network acts as one of the key organisations for the development …
Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults and Carers UK Meet and greet: Thursday 3 November, 12.15 – 1.15pm, DH Lounge (E30) 'Carers UK is delighted to team up with Lyn Romeo to explore our shared goal with delegates of …
We really love Manchester – and we’d say that even if the Department of Health wasn’t presenting at NCAS this year! And we love the venue too – the Manchester Central Convention Complex, formerly the city’s main railway terminus, now …
The National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCAS 2016) will be making a welcome return to the northern, policy powerhouse that is Manchester! And, as is now traditional, the Social Care News blog will be covering all three days of the …
Dr Selwyn Hodge, Co-Chair of the Self Care Forum believes that Self Care Week, 14 – 20 November, presents a real opportunity for us all to work together for a healthier Britain. I have recently met quite a few individuals who …
"Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) are becoming a type of ‘planning catch-all’ for the NHS," says Ewan King in his latest blog for Social Care News. The Director of Business Development and Delivery at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) explains how STPs …
If you work in a council communications team or know of former social workers mulling the prospect of a return to the profession then the deadline is looming for applications to receive free refresher training. We think it's an opportunity …
‘We need to radically rethink how we offer housing and support to people with learning disabilities’ says Alicia Wood, Chief Executive of Learning Disability England, as the Department of Health opens bidding for £25 million of funding to create properly adapted …
"I have met many parents who have lost a child to suicide," explains Louis Appleby, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manchester and Chair of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group. "They are looking for explanations, they often want to …