Engage with this year's Self Care Conference
If you are tasked with the job of improving your patients’ health and the health of your population, or you are responsible for reducing A&E admissions, outpatient visits and general practice consultations, then book your place at the 16th annual …
Reassessments for Personal Independence Payments extended to other parts of the country
Regular blog readers know we like to feature updates from our communication colleagues in other departments, especially when those updates may be of use to those of us working in - or with - the care and support sector. With …
Be healthy this winter is theme of Self Care Week 2014
The Self Care Forum, established in 2011, is the national UK organisation dedicated to helping people take care of themselves. Founding member Gopa Mitra explains their mission to further the reach of self care and embed it into everyday life …
World Mental Health Day - a big day in a busy year
World Mental Health Day 2014 marked 24 hours of focused activity on promoting better mental health around the world. In many ways though it's already been a 'mental health year' given the flurry of announcements, initiatives, consultations and new commitments …
Adult social work: add your voice to this important consultation
The Social Care News blog will always promote initiatives intended to better support those working in - or receiving help from - the care and support sector. Today, Lyn Romeo, the Chief Social Worker for Adults, launches an important new …
Public attitudes to mental health have improved but still more to do
This week, Time to Change released data revealing public attitudes towards mental illness have improved significantly in recent years, with the biggest annual improvement in the last decade taking place in 2013. Sue Baker, the organisation’s director, takes us through …
Take the Dementia Challenge site survey
As a department we are always looking for new and effective ways to communicate our work and that of our sector partners. To this end, we hope visitors to this blog are also aware of the excellent Dementia Challenge site …
New report sets out long term vision for better mental health
The Department of Health has published a new report setting out the government’s plans to improve access to mental health care services. Significantly, it introduces the intention to roll out national waiting time standards for the first time by April …
Pioneering Portsmouth – momentum builds for better care
Eight weeks into her post as Head of Better Care in Portsmouth, Jo York prepares to present an update on the region's Better Care plans to a diverse audience of local health and social care staff, service users, carers and …
Mental health and the art of online conversation
For me, the Mental Health Act Code of Practice consultation has been an incredibly rewarding exercise. In the ten weeks to 12 September, we held over 20 engagement events and received more than 300 submissions via email, post and online, …