Caring at home and work is tough I know from my own experience how challenging it can be juggling a busy work life and looking after a family member, in my case my mum at the end of her …
'Information and advice are among the foundation stones of the Care Act and improving people’s access to them is vital to a reformed care and support system,' explains TLAP's Programme Director, Dr Sam Bennett. Amidst the technical tasks of introducing …
Help improve two Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) disability benefit assessments. There are currently two independent reviews of DWP benefit-related assessments in progress – one for the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) and one for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) …
Sometimes, our faith in human nature can be rewarded. A recently published study by The Lancet Psychiatry Journal seems to show that Time to Change - Mind and Rethink Mental Illness's mental health anti-stigma programme - is having a positive …
A call has been launched this week for new DH-funded policy research to deliver a longer-term evaluation of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneers programme in the context of new funding arrangements for integrated care. The research call follows a …
In her conversations with employers around the country, Sharon Allen, Skills for Care's Chief Executive, has been encouraged by their understanding of what it means to sign up to the Social Care Commitment and how it can help them focus …
'Why is the home we live in so important to us?', asks Tony Hunter, Chief Executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), in his latest post for the Social Care News blog. They are places where life happens …
'The drive towards person-centred care has never been stronger,' says National Voices Policy and Communications Advisor, Laura Robinson. But what could this actually mean for those receiving that care? Laura reminds us of the context informing this intent and signposts …
Social Care News is pleased to report that Public Health England (PHE)'s National Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Networks successfully launched last week. The networks support the delivery of improved physical and mental wellbeing services in local areas and …
The International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) conference ended three very positive days of presentations, discussion and debate in Old Trafford, Manchester last week. The final day witnessed some moving and impassioned presentations from leaders and expert clinicians from …
I'm the Chief Executive Officer for Changing Our Lives, a rights based organisation in the West Midlands. We've worked with over 650 young people and adults with learning disabilities and autism to produce a new national set of Quality of …