Last week the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, set out his commitment to reform adult social care and deliver a National Care Service.
Over the last few weeks, Sharon Allen, Skills for Care's Chief Executive, has enjoyed visiting a number of social care services across England. She found the striking common feature to be a total commitment by staff to high quality person-centred …
The work of the police and health professionals frequently intersects – often in the aftermath of crises involving physical injury and not always due to criminality. In these situations, a person is treated at the scene or conveyed to hospital …
Sorry to subvert a romantic pop classic in the pursuit of sharing public health messages, but it’s long been established that second hand smoke can cause cancer. Indeed, regular exposure – so called passive smoking – can increase a non-smoker’s …
Recently, a colleague of Ewan King, Director of Business Development and Delivery, at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), received a call from a carer. They wanted to know how to access social care services. Ewan says this happens …
Today sees the launch of the updated NHS Constitution that embeds the health commitments of the Armed Forces Covenant deeper into the heart of the NHS. In recognition of the sacrifices made by the armed forces community, the NHS Constitution …
Last week, Anna McEwen, Director of Support & Development, Shared Lives Plus and our Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt, spent a sunny Friday afternoon with some amazing Shared Lives carers and the people they support. Following a short …
Digital tools and services should be the great enablers – facilitators and catalysts for information sharing, innovation and transparency. The trouble is not everyone has the same view or awareness of the benefits offered by online resources. New apps can …
In a follow up to her debut blog post on the development of adult social care information for use by NHS England, government departments, universities and other organisations, Katharine Robbins, Social Care Programme Manager at the Health and Social Care …
I was pleased recently to welcome the new Minister for Community and Social Care, Alistair Burt MP, to The National Autistic Society’s (NAS) Linden House service in Godalming Surrey. Joining me to welcome him were a number of people on …
The Transforming Care Delivery Board, comprising NHS England, the Local Government Association (LGA), the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Health Education England (HEE) and the Department of Health has today published a …