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Boosting independence for 100,000 people by eradicating unnecessary demand in social care.

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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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Guest blogpost: ADASS Summer Conference and delivering good adult social care

Guest blogpost: ADASS Summer Conference and delivering good…

Reflections on ADASS Summer seminar and the session I co-presented: ‘How to deliver good adult social care - despite Covid’

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“There’s a human life and story behind every statistic” – reflections from the ADASS Summer Conference

“There’s a human life and story behind every…

At last week’s online ADASS Summer Conference, many attendees reflected on how Covid had starkly exposed inequalities across different communities…

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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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Reasons to be cheerful – positive predictions for local government

Reasons to be cheerful – positive predictions for local…

I predict 5 positive shifts for local government.

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Guest blogpost for World Social Work Day: Maria Knox, Kirklees

Guest blogpost for World Social Work Day: Maria Knox,…

"It is an opportunity to show appreciation to social workers for the difficult and complex work they do, and celebrate social work as a profession."

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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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Don’t be surprised if ‘service users’ expect to use services

Don’t be surprised if ‘service users’ expect to use…

People act up (or down) to the labels applied to them by others - it's important to get the labelling right.

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Success in Ealing: ‘we run the reports and blink at each other in amazement’

Success in Ealing: ‘we run the reports and blink at each…

Guest blogpost on Ealing's adult social care transformation programme and their incredible 'spend per day' reduction.

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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? 2019

Which Councils Are Best? 2019

Our new report is out: which councils are in the Top 10 this year?

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