Last week the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, set out his commitment to reform adult social care and deliver a National Care Service.
The National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCAS) 2013 draws near and here at the Social Care news blog we’re gearing up to deliver you coverage of this milestone three day event (16 – 18 October) - before, during and …
The Social Care News blog will always promote opportunities for the care and support sector to engage with and help shape government policy. Ahead of the G8 Dementia Summit on...
Over the summer, the department has been testing and seeking comments on a set of proposals that will be used to form a vulnerable older people’s plan. The proposals set...
The Government has published its response to Dame Fiona Caldicott’s review of information sharing, in conjunction with new guidance from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) on how...
The Social Care Commitment, has been launched by the Department of Health, in partnership with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG). The Social Care Commitment …
Safeguarding, personalisation, empowerment, reablement, shared decision-making, person-centred working, recovery, care planning, choice and control, dignity, risk decision-making, consent – some of the key policy terms, processes and concepts that underpin...
The Registered Managers’ Programme from the National Skills Academy for Social Care aims to betterequip registered mangers to meet the challenges they face, to reduce their isolation by networking them...
...stage of the review will last until the end of October 2013. A revised strategy will be published in March 2014. Information supplied by: Michael Swaffield- autism policy lead...
Dementia is the biggest challenge the health and social care system faces today with 800,000 people with dementia in the UK, and that figure is set to rise to one...
Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb announces the latest funding to help voluntary organisations improve people’s health and well-being. The latest round of funding to support voluntary and community organisations to improve people’s health and well-being has now opened, the …