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WANTED: 10 local systems with ambitions for Intermediate Care

WANTED: 10 local systems with ambitions for Intermediate…

Are you a pioneering local system, ready to seize the opportunity around Intermediate Care?

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‘Don’t stop me now’ – a mantra for DASSs

‘Don’t stop me now’ – a mantra for…

Directors of Adult Social Care must seize the opportunity to get ahead of the demand curve

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Solace Virtual Learning Week: let’s see the social care opportunity rather than the social care crisis

Solace Virtual Learning Week: let’s see the social care…

We must understand and articulate the sector’s positive economic and social contribution post-Covid

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Next steps for the Voluntary and Community Sector in a world shaped by Covid

Next steps for the Voluntary and Community Sector in a world…

A new publication exploring how to maximise the role of the VCS as we support communities to 'bounce forward'

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Learning from Covid: five questions for the adult social care sector

Learning from Covid: five questions for the adult social…

Our new publication looks at the challenges and opportunities created by the pandemic

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10 DASSs on ‘what next for adult social care?’

10 DASSs on ‘what next for adult social care?’

I recently interviewed 10 DASSs asking ‘what next for the sector?’

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The standout response to Covid-19 has come from local systems

The standout response to Covid-19 has come from local…

If Covid-19 has highlighted one thing to me in particular, it is the highly effective local system response that has…

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Which are the highest performing councils in relation to adult social care?

Which are the highest performing councils in relation to…

It’s out! The MJ have today published our much-anticipated list of the highest performing councils in relation to adult social care

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The General Election – another missed opportunity for adult social care

The General Election – another missed opportunity for…

Complex systems can be managed if those involved have a shared ambition and are clear on what good outcomes look like. 

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Which councils are best at the NCAS Conference?

Which councils are best at the NCAS Conference?

We are publishing our third ‘Which Councils Are Best?’ report and sharing insight at the upcoming NCAS conference.

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5 Fast-Forwards, 3 months on: how is it being used?

5 Fast-Forwards, 3 months on: how is it being used?

“A useful tool for realistically steering change across the complex system.”

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Our new ‘5 Fast-Forwards for Social Care’ report and online checklist

Our new ‘5 Fast-Forwards for Social Care’ report and…

Today we release a new report setting out the 5 shifts that leaders in adult social care need to make to transform the system and deliver a new future.

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The impact of culture and behaviour at the interface of health and care

The impact of culture and behaviour at the interface of…

Today we are releasing a summary of our research findings into what drives poorer outcomes for patients and service users.

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IMPOWER @ ADASS Spring Seminar: what we exposed

IMPOWER @ ADASS Spring Seminar: what we exposed

Our research into what is driving poorer outcomes at the health and care interface has been featured as the cover story in today's MJ.

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Tick tock, tick tock…… the Younger Adults financial time bomb

Tick tock, tick tock…… the Younger Adults financial time…

Many councils have focused attention on the Older People cohort to help address their financial challenges. Councils are now realising that they cannot continue to sidestep the financial pressure coming from the Younger Adults cohort.

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