NCAS 2015: Bournemouth beckons
The National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCAS 2015) is soon upon us. As ever, the Social Care News Blog, in tandem with Department of Health (DH) colleagues across our directorate, will be delivering coverage of this landmark care and …
NICE seeking your views on social care hot topics
NICE have a consultation underway seeking views from the sector on a list of proposed topics, with an encouragement to suggest new ones too. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 sets out a responsibility for the National Institute for …
Digital skills boost the power of community
For those of us who use digital tools and services regularly it is easy to forget that it is a skill. However if you’ve ever helped a relative set up their tablet or coached a grandparent through a skype call …
Head start for careers in mental health social work
Efforts to improve the quality and range of mental health services – and those providing them – are being made on multiple fronts, not just the purely clinical. It is gratifying therefore to see a new fast track route into …
World Suicide Prevention Day and our response to self harm
On a recent visit to an A&E department, Professor Louis Appleby, Chair of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group, was shown where people are seen after overdose or self-injury. It was bright and private, with space for a patient's …
Self care for life
As demand for health services escalates and budgets continue to come under intense scrutiny, there is increasing need for local authorities and the NHS to do more to help people look after their own health and wellbeing. Matthew Clift, Project Manager …
Prevention retention
Introducing the Prevention Library: a resource bringing together details and examples of prevention services across England. In her debut blog, Project Lead Jen Collieson explains the thinking behind another valuable product developed and deployed by the Social Care Institute of …
Street triage is vehicle for change in approach to mental illness
Alex Crisp has been part of the street triage project from its earliest beginnings in Leicestershire. In December 2012, he became one of the first police officers to work on the Mental Health Triage Car known as MH01, working alongside …
Good care deserves a cascade of accolades
Over the last few weeks, Sharon Allen, Skills for Care's Chief Executive, has enjoyed visiting a number of social care services across England. She found the striking common feature to be a total commitment by staff to high quality person-centred …
Word on the street is triage works
The work of the police and health professionals frequently intersects – often in the aftermath of crises involving physical injury and not always due to criminality. In these situations, a person is treated at the scene or conveyed to hospital …