Digital Transformation and Peer-led learning
One of the major lessons that I’ve learned over the pandemic has been that the best way to encourage development and learning is via peer groups. People learn best from…
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Care England, the largest and most diverse representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has today called for adult social care staff to be placed on an equal footing…
Essential adult social care engagement whitepaper launches
Today the Good Governance Institute (GGI), Care England and the Homecare Association launch a whitepaper designed to explore the extent to which the adult social care (ASC) sector is being appropriately…
Digital Care Planning: The beating heart and the brain in social care digital transformation
Two big things have happened in the past few weeks which have taken me back to the roots of digital transformation. Both have involved the implementation of digital care plans.
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…
What is digitisation in Social Care? What’s your angle?
People who have heard me speak will know how complimentary I have been about NHSX – how it has taken up the cudgel and run with it – providing leadership…
Coronavirus: lessons learnt
On 26th January 2021, Sir Simon Stevens, CEO of NHS England, attended the Health Select Committee to answer questions on lessons learnt from the pandemic. The session focused on several…
The CQC is Listening Presentation given to the CQC Board on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
I recently had the honour of making a presentation to the CQC Board at its new offices just opposite the City of London Stadium in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. I…
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…
Cyber Security Awareness and social care
October was international Cyber Security Awareness Month, and over the last few weeks I’ve been reflecting on what Care England members are doing to improve knowledge of cyber security within…
Creating technology to support care workers through COVID-19
Creating technology to support care workers through COVID-19 Article by Person Centred Software As we find ourselves in the middle of a second national lockdown, care providers who rely on…
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…