NCAS Conference – live blog, day three

The final day at NCAS Conference. It’s been a fantastic event so far, so looking forward to the final sessions and discussions…

9:00am – Hospital discharge and winter resilience. An apt topic on a drizzly day…

Urgent and Emergency Care Review. #ncasc16 #ncasc2016 pic.twitter.com/Jmp1iRhRYk

— Rachael Wardell (@WardellR) November 4, 2016

Priority to channel shift and get people out of hospital. A demand management focus with preventative models of care key to this (shift from acute to primary and social care)

10:00am – Improving the health of a population. Opening remarks from Matthew Swindells (NHS England National Director for Commissioning, Operations and Information)

• Health not just NHS; about education, housing, social care (the whole system)
• Many patients end up in the wrong part of the system
• Rethinking care that puts people at the centre

Next up Jon Rouse on the Manchester experience:

• Key: Greater Manchester is place-based and includes social care gap
• Interesting: In some cases the evidence base is lacking but we know it’s the right thing to do
• Focus on asset based community development
• Commitment to transparency and partnership – crucial if STPs are going to work…

11:33am – social care in the 21st century

• Dave Hill focuses on the ability/focus of building relationships (although also notes that that is not particularly 21st Century)
• Margaret Wilcox continues this theme, adding that social workers face ‘the difficult conversation’
• Austerity has forced innovation (ditto rising demand)
• Good point – social workers facing new types of challenges: internet abuse, CSE, trafficking. Needs new ways of thinking and new approaches to tackle#
• Fine line between taking risks and leaving someone vulnerable – extent to which social workers can exercise professional judgement

12:46pm – CQC The State of Care:

#ncasc2016 CQC – the good news … pic.twitter.com/GQRdMalkwZ

— Al Thompson (@al__thompson) November 4, 2016

#ncasc2016 CQC – the worrying news – OP services fare worse than LD … pic.twitter.com/UdP0M6DhLF

— Al Thompson (@al__thompson) November 4, 2016

A hard-hitting end to the Conference:

Unmet social care need is a striking point.

#ncasc16 #ncasc2016 pic.twitter.com/StTB74p5Zz

— Rachael Wardell (@WardellR) November 4, 2016

1:34pm – and that’s a wrap folks:

#ncasc2016 done. A good few days, & I’d like to say a special thank you to all friends & clients of @iMPOWERCONSULT who came to our dinners.

— Olly Swann (@ollyswann) November 4, 2016

There has been a lot to take in and think about; the live blog has only been a small snapshot of the three days. Further blogs, reflections and conclusions to follow…