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The two billion pound question

The two billion pound question

Is there an opportunity to move from meeting to managing demand? Reframing demand at the health and care interface.

by Stuart Lindsay - March 15, 2018
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CQC’s local area health and care reviews ARE helping, actually

CQC’s local area health and care reviews ARE helping,…

I was sad to hear last week that David Behan is stepping down. Sir David and the Care Quality Commission…

by Jeremy Cooper - January 19, 2018
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Guest blogpost: Who cares about adult social care?

Guest blogpost: Who cares about adult social care?

This article originally appeared as a blogpost on the Adam Smith Institute website and is reproduced with their kind permission….

by Tim Ambler - January 8, 2018
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Delayed Transfers of Care: latest IMPOWER ranking

Delayed Transfers of Care: latest IMPOWER ranking

Use the IMPOWER INDEX to see how your local authority is performing against five criteria The pressure to crack the…

by Sarah Atkinson - December 18, 2017
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No service is an island (and other things I’ve learnt about implementing change this year)

No service is an island (and other things I’ve learnt…

I have spent a significant part of my year implementing a large adult social care transformation programme in partnership with…

by David Colbear - December 8, 2017
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Health, care and the Chancellor’s budget

Health, care and the Chancellor’s budget

We read with interest the letter sent to the Chancellor and co-ordinated by the NHS Confederation ahead of this month’s…

by Jeremy Cooper - November 1, 2017
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Domiciliary care: challenges and change

Domiciliary care: challenges and change

Focus continues to intensify on the domiciliary care market, which remains fragile across much of the country. It was a…

by Richard Hills - October 26, 2017
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Got the DTOC letter? Our advice

Got the DTOC letter? Our advice

The letters that are being sent from Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt around unacceptable DTOC performance are causing some considerable…

by Sarah Atkinson - October 19, 2017
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Nudge theory, the Nobel Prize – and social care

Nudge theory, the Nobel Prize – and social care

  Earlier this month, the economist Richard Thaler won the Nobel Prize  – for his work on ‘nudge theory’ –…

by Jon Ainger - October 18, 2017
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Connect Well Hull – innovation in adult social care

Connect Well Hull – innovation in adult social care

I was delighted to see the launch of Connect Well Hull last week, a key part of Hull City Council’s…

by Henrietta Curzon - October 11, 2017
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Mission: Possible

Mission: Possible

How to save £3 billion and promote independence in adult social care

by Jeremy Cooper - October 4, 2017
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CIPFA conference reflections: Sarah Atkinson

CIPFA conference reflections: Sarah Atkinson

This article is one of three IMPOWER blogs reflecting on the CIPFA conference. As I arrived late (courtesy of an…

by Sarah Atkinson - August 22, 2017
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