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 …
Day 1 of the National Children and Adult Services Conference 2014 (#NCASC14)
It’s going to be busy! Building on a successful presence last year, we are boasting no less than eight main conference sessions, two breakfast meetings and two Care Act focused ‘meet and greet the experts’ events. Care Act implementation, supporting …
Last week’s National Children and Adult Services Conference 2013 (NCAS), proved a fruitful and engaging exercise for many delegates. This gathering of the care and support sector’s great and the good in Harrogate, North Yorkshire gave Department of Health ministers, …
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 personal confidential data is both used and shared. The effective …
The Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt announced on 5 July that he is seeking views on a set of proposals to radically improve care for vulnerable older people. The proposals set out improvements in primary care and urgent …
The Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt has said that there needs to be a revolution in the health and social care sector by using technology to integrate services. In his recent speech to the Local Government Association (LGA) …