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Dementia Action Week
- 10 Year Dementia Plan
- Latest guidance, visits and blogs
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Dementia Action Week:
Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care champions care sector |
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Deborah Sturdy, Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, "welcomes the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s recent announcement, during Dementia Action Week, of a 10 year Dementia Plan, to be launched later this year."
Says Deborah: "The media has made much of the ambition to improve early diagnosis, treatment and boost research into finding a cure, and rightly so, but the social care sector remains an essential partner in the ongoing support of people living with dementia." |
Guidance update: Health and wellbeing of the adult social care workforce |
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This revised guidance is for anyone who works in adult social care. It provides advice on how you can manage your personal mental health. It also provides adult social care employers with guidance, tools and advice on how to take care of the wellbeing of staff at work.
Meanwhile, on a recent visit to an African Caribbean community initiative in Wolverhampton, the Health and Social Care Secretary urged black communities to respond to the mental health call for evidence, which closes 7 July 2022. Don't forget, a suite of wellbeing and mental health resources is still available to social care colleagues, seven days a week, at Our Frontline. Help is always at hand. |
Social care leaders needed to drive forward community care |
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NHS England and NHS Improvement are looking for dynamic individuals in social care to join their Community Care team to shape national strategy and policy and develop new models of proactive care that help prevent unnecessary admissions to hospitals and residential care.
A range of leadership and senior manager roles are currently advertised on NHS Jobs and NHS England. Take a look and good luck with your application.
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Acquired brain injury call for evidence: social care colleagues input needed |
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People whose lives have been affected by acquired brain injuries (ABI), and those who support them, are being invited to share their experiences and offer ideas on how to improve the care and support available.
As part of Brain Injury Awareness Week (16-22 May) the Government is renewing its call for people to come forward with their views to ensure a better quality of life for those who have experienced brain damage after birth - before the call for evidence closes on 6 June.
The renewed request for engagement goes out to social care colleagues, all those from ethnic minorities and other groups currently under-represented. |
Care home visit provides valuable insights to pandemic response |
Michelle Dyson, Director General for Adult Social Care at the Department of Health and Social Care, Dame Jenny Harries, Chief Executive, UK Health Security Agency and Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Health and Social Care, paid a recent visit to Four Seasons Health Care's Lansdowne Care Home in Cricklewood.
They were there to meet with care colleagues and residents and find out how the home had operated effectively through the pandemic and the learning taken forward. The home was previously one of around 340 taking part in a national VIVALDI study investigating COVID-19 infections in care homes, including antibody and cellular immune responses to the virus. Positive discussions included reference to the family forum, which helped make decisions on how the home was run. Care staff noted the benefit of data reporting through the Capacity Tracker and there was also discussion on recruitment difficulties and how to resolve them. |
Expanding the named social worker model across the sector |
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In 2018, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) was part of a Department of Health and Social Care project looking at how people with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs could have greater control of decisions about their own future. With support from one of its principal architects, Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults, SCIE's Ewan King explains why it's time to take that learning further and introduce named care colleagues throughout the sector. |
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