Government launches white paper ‘Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS’
Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley yesterday set out the Government’s ambitious plans to reform the NHS during this Parliament and for the long-term. Read more »
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Dementia sufferers benefit from person-centred public services
A recent Guardian article profiles Nicola Jacobson, a dementia advisor in Sheffield, who asserts that dementia sufferers are benefitting from person-centred public services, co-designed in response to the National Dementia Strategy. Read more »
Singing for the brain: Dementia Summit looks to the future
Launching a major event by getting everyone on their feet for a rousing song or two may sound more football than NHS, but that was precisely how the highly-successful South West Dementia Partnership Summit 2010 began at Taunton Racecourse in April. Read more »
Paths to personalisation
The Paths to personalisation guide has been produced by the National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU) to help all those involved understand how things will need to be done differently to make personalisation a reality for people with mental health needs. Read more »
Dementia: ethical issues
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics report Dementia: ethical issues presents an ethical framework to help those who face dilemmas in connection with the everyday care of someone with dementia. Read more »
Personal budgets for older people – making it happen
This guide focuses on how councils can make personal budgets work well for older people and their families. It looks at how to ensure they are accessible, simple to use, flexible and help to achieve the things that matter most to the people using them. Read more »
Working together for change: using person-centred information for commissioning
This report describes a simple six-stage process that uses person centred information (for example from person centred reviews, person centred plans or support plans) to drive strategic change and commissioning. Read more »
Counting the cost: caring for people with dementia on hospital wards
This report provides evidence on the quality of dementia care provided on general wards in hospitals across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Using evidence received from carers and nurses on the quality of care provided the key areas of need that are not being met are discussed. These include: understanding dementia the provision of person-centred… Read more »
Person-centred approaches
This Community Care magazine feature on using person-centred approaches to supporting people to live well with dementia profiles the recent work of the Social Care Institute for Excellence in this field. Read more »
Contracting for personalised outcomes: learning from emerging practice
Contracting for personalised outcomes draws on learning from six local authorities who have begun to reshape their contracts, processes, range of budget holding options and relationships with the provider market to ensure that personalised services are available for everyone with care and support needs. Read more »