Care for the Future
Article by Simon Whalley, Chairman, Birtley House Group Ltd. In a world that has seen such an upheaval in the last year we need to look to the future and…
Guest articles
Every Day is Different
Article by Professor Deborah Sturdy OBE, Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care at DHSC | Working in adult social care has been an enormous privilege and one of the highlights…
We’ll meet again
By Rachel Griffiths, Consultant in the Mental Capacity Act and Human Rights Law. | In spring, our lives overtaken by the pandemic, we all found our inner war time spirit…
‘The Care Workers’ Charity: Covid Crisis and Response’
Karolina Gerlich (Executive Director of The Care Workers’ Charity) on the pandemic’s devastating impact on the social care workforce, and how the charity is supporting our social care heroes through…
Has the pandemic launched recruitment into tomorrow’s world?
by Dave Beesley, Talent Director, Cohesion Recruitment. | The care sector in the UK has been right there on the frontline since March and continues to fight a courageous battle…
Reflections on health and social care
Article by Rachel Barber, Managing Director, Living 4 Moments Ltd I had a perfect Easter break in Brussels, seeing my family. We enjoyed exploring Brussels’ fine art nouveau buildings, art…
Legal preparations people in care need to make to plan for the future
Article by Michael Culver, founder and managing director of Culver Law Discussing death and incapacity, can be very difficult. But avoiding talking about these tricky topics can make things even…
Personal and integrated empowerment is the way forward, says NICE
NICE published an impact report in November 2021 on how its guidance is used to improve the health and care of people with a learning disability. An easy read version…
The Arts, Culture and Wellbeing
Article by Alex Coulter, Director of the National Centre for Creative Health, Victoria Hume, Executive Director of the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance The wellbeing of those living and working…
Wellbeing
Article by Professor Deborah Sturdy OBE, Interim Chief Nurse for Social Care, DHSC The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most challenging periods in our history. Care and health…
Relational Care: some implications for care staff policy
Article by Jenny Kartupelis MBE | Looking briefly at the implications of ‘relational care’ for policy and planning in a previous issue, I concluded that ‘Current UK policy presents two…
Care and Commiment
Article by David Pearson CBE, Chair – Social Care Sector, COVID-19 Support Task Force Coronavirus has affected everybody in many ways. No more so than in social care where people…