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Webwatch – My NHS | Open data for better services

By Iain MacDonald27th October 2014Webwatch

The government has recently launched the MyNHS website, which brings together a variety of important health and care system transparency data. Visitors to the site will be able to find

Report suggests innovative investment could solve elderly care crisis

By Iain MacDonald24th October 2014News England

Social investment could play a leading role in alleviating the crisis faced in social care for older people, but urgent action is needed to make this happen, says a new

Training grant for social care workforce in Wales

By Iain MacDonald22nd October 2014News Wales

The Welsh Government has set out how a multi-million pound grant will be used to support the essential training of the social care workforce in Wales ahead of major legislative

Apprenticeship Guide: Health and Social Care

By Iain MacDonald22nd October 2014New To Care

This Apprenticeship covers a wide range of job roles on two pathways: the adult social care pathway and the health care pathway. This could mean working in the NHS, the

Engage: Creative Quarter – The importance of leisure

By Simon Stevens21st October 2014Engage

One of my biggest criticisms of the way social care currently works, and where there is a conflict with the principles of independent living, is its distaste for leisure activities.

Report: New forms of social care for older people

By Iain MacDonald15th October 2014Reports & Resources

A paper examined the United Kingdom market in care services for older people, ways in which to address market failures in commissioning, and how to reconcile the need of the

Welsh taskforce to address shortage of nurses in social care

By Iain MacDonald9th October 2014News Wales

Following the All Wales Nurses Conference held in Llandudno on September 17 a task force has been set up to tackle the issue of nurse shortages in social care settings

Burnham vows better deal for carers and ‘one team’ plan for health integration

By The Press Association25th September 2014News England

Carers will be given better support if Labour wins next year with funding for breaks and annual health checks, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has revealed. In a key note

Social care cuts mean fewer people have services

By Iain MacDonald13th September 2014News England

New figures released today show that the number of councils no longer providing care to people deemed to have `low’ or `moderate’ needs has risen by 17 per cent in

Report: Barker Commission on Future of Health and Social Care

By Iain MacDonald9th September 2014Reports & Resources

Huge social, demographic and technological changes have taken place since the NHS and social care systems were established in 1948. People are living longer, often with multiple long-term conditions, while