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Dementia and ethnicity - raising awareness of both is crucial to effective support

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Jabeer Butt has worked in and with the voluntary sector to promote race equality and address health inequalities for many years. He was awarded an OBE in 2013 for his achievements in health and is currently Deputy Chief Executive of …

Listening to the lived experiences of carers is a privilege

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Yvette Wetton works for Healthwatch Essex as Carer and Engagement Coordinator. It’s her job to reach out to unpaid carers to ask them about their experiences of caring for friends and loved ones. As our call for evidence continues into the …

State of Caring conference 2016 - Carers Strategy takes centre stage

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Understand the lived experience of carers, give us the foundations of support to care well without compromising our own health, and appreciate that health and care professionals are not the only experts. These and other sentiments were candidly and positively …

Recognition and support must go hand in hand for unpaid carers

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It’s with pleasure we feature the latest guest blog from Tony Hunter, Chief Executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). As part of our call for evidence coverage, he explains why it’s so important that we work together …

Commissioning: how this call for evidence can shape the future of carer support

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In this latest blog inspired by our Carers Strategy call for evidence, Strategic Joint Commissioner Karen Timperley recalls joining Camden Council some years ago as carers services lead. Arriving from the voluntary sector on a three year contract, she had …

Safeguarding, social workers and other revisions in Care and Support statutory guidance update

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The new edition supersedes the version issued in October 2014 and takes into account the regulatory changes, feedback from stakeholders and care sector developments following the postponement of social care funding reforms to 2020. Most revisions have been made for …