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This working group was certainly expert in young people's mental health
Being in care is like living in a fish bowl because you have to repeat the same story over and over again to different professionals This quote is from a young person, with whom Social Care Institute...
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New safeguarding adults protocol for preventing pressure ulcers published
Many of you will doubtless be familiar with our Chief Social Worker for Adults Lyn Romeo’s blog where she regularly sets out her beliefs, values and objectives for advancing the quality, value and...
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No rest for young carers
Young Carers Awareness Day is the annual day of recognition for the UK's estimated 700,000 young carers. This year, Carers Trust shine a light on the high proportion of infant young carers suffering...
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I’m proud to be a young carer
In the second of two blogs to mark Carers Trust’s Young Carers Awareness Day, we are proud to present this blog from Josie Higginson, a young carer since the age of 4. Now 12, Josie doesn’t really...
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Isolation: small may be beautiful when it comes to solutions
“With one million people aged 64 and over in the UK reporting that they are often or always lonely, the newly appointed Minister for Loneliness, Tracey Crouch, has a big task on her hands,” says our...
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Loneliness and how to cure it: the challenge of our times
The appointment of Tracey Crouch MP as a dedicated Minister for tackling loneliness attracted interest from around the world. In this companion piece to Ewan King's post on finding small solutions to...
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Putting people at the centre of their care
“Social care is very personal” says Alice Maynard, Chair of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline committee. “People have their own care needs and we must understand...
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Integrated care systems are the next big thing…
…but what do they mean for social care? That’s the question Ewan King is asking in his latest blog for DHSC’s Social Care News. Ewan King is Director of Business Development & Delivery at the...
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Keeping children and young people safe from abuse
Whilst awareness of child abuse and neglect has increased greatly in recent years, Professor Corinne May-Chahal and her colleagues at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) are...
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Listen to the dementia experts
It’s a welcome return to Social Care News for Yvette Wetton as she explains the work she and the Healthwatch Essex Engagement Team have been doing to make sure people living with dementia are fully...
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