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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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Latest DTOC stats and what we should do next

Latest DTOC stats and what we should do next

At a national level, the number of people facing a delayed transfer of care (DTOC) from hospital are continuing to…

by Sarah Atkinson - January 16, 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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Adult Social Care: top 10 most productive councils in England

Adult Social Care: top 10 most productive councils in…

As part of the continuing development of the IMPOWER INDEX (our local government and health insight tool), we are publishing…

by Jeremy Cooper - December 19, 2017
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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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Delayed Transfers of Care: how is your Local Authority Area performing?

Delayed Transfers of Care: how is your Local Authority Area…

As part of the IMPOWER Collaborative on spending £1 billion well, we are publishing a new resource to drive improvement…

by Sarah Atkinson - November 10, 2017
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The IMPOWER Collaborative

The IMPOWER Collaborative

    Across England, Councils are facing the welcome challenge of investing the additional £1 billion allocated to social care for…

by Sarah Atkinson - November 6, 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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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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