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Five Year Forward View

December 12, 2014
In my previous work as an inspector, I was acutely aware that inspection visits were not always welcome, and in some cases were even dreaded. I did my best to…
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Outcomes Framework for Older People in Scotland

December 5, 2014
In October 2014 the NHS Scotland published what I believe is a very important document: “Optimising Older People’s Quality of Life: an Outcomes Framework”. The rather formal title belies its…
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Winterbourne View – time for change

December 2, 2014
A BBC Panorama documentary in May 2011 focused on Winterbourne View, a private hospital for people with learning disabilities, run by the Castlebeck group. Viewers saw inpatients being abused and…
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Outcome based care

November 21, 2014
I have been working recently with rehabilitation services, and I am struck by the very effective outcome based approach to support they use. This is perhaps because of the very…
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Take care? Take risks!

November 14, 2014
I have noticed that with each passing year people rather subtly begin to speak differently to me. One striking difference is that people often now say to me as we…
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Prevention in Care Services

November 7, 2014
In my student days I wrote a dissertation on preventive social work. I think now that this was a misguided focus. Preventive work which is effective must, I think, be…
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The Environment of Care

October 31, 2014
To meet people’s care needs, the environment must be recognised as an important element in setting up a care home service. Firstly, everyone has social care needs, we need to…
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NHS funding – thinking the unthinkable

October 24, 2014
Last week saw controversy over the NHS policy of now providing GPs with an extra payment of £55 for each diagnosis of dementia they make. The intention of this appears…
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