This guide aims to tell the story so far about the personalisation of adult social care services. It is intended to set out our current understanding of personalisation at a

The report contains the following key messages and recommendations: * Developments in engineering and health indicate the potential benefits of using a ‘systems approach’ to understanding frontline practice in order

* Developments in engineering and health indicate the potential benefits of using a ‘systems approach’ to understanding frontline practice in order to improve the quality and safety of service provision.

Fuel poverty – where a household cannot afford to keep warm – damages the health of those living in cold homes and affects their quality of life. The old, children,

The Children’s Rights Director reported the views of children who were living with private foster parents in 2005. This new report is a follow-up, small-scale survey to check with privately

Women mainly provide family care, but as women’s economic opportunities increase they will not continue to bear the costs of providing care unaided. To create a sustainable care system, care

The Lifting the Burdens Task Force Review was led by Chief Executive of London Borough of Camden, Moira Gibb. It focuses on those burdens that are a direct result of

This report summarises the key findings from a group of 16 studies commissioned by the Policy Research Programme under the ‘Older People’s use of services’ Research Initiative. The aim of

Under the auspices of the LinkAge Plus programme, the Department for Work and Pensions commissioned two London boroughs to pilot a joining up of the process of applying for Attendance