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Home care: delivering personal care and practical support to older people living in their own homes

People using services have the right to be involved in discussions and make informed decisions about their care, as described in context and your care. Making decisions using NICE guidelines explains...

Transforming healthcare in England’s core cities

Health inequalities, integrating care more effectively, ensuring parity of esteem for mental health: the issues that keep commissioners in England’s core cities up at night will be familiar to...

On your own now: the risks of unsuitable accommodation for older teenagers

16 and 17 year olds who cannot live at home with their families are very vulnerable and need a great deal of support and care if they are going to be able to enter adult life positively. Living away...

The European health report 2015. Targets and beyond – Reaching new frontiers in evidence

Progress towards the Health 2020 targets Within only a few years of the development of the Health 2020 policy, increasing numbers of countries are adopting and using its principles and approaches to...

The European health report 2015. Targets and beyond – Reaching new frontiers in evidence. Highlights

The WHO Regional Office for Europe publishes its flagship publication, the European health report, every three years. This publication presents highlights from the 2015 European health report. Its...

Using the Social Value Act to reduce health inequalities in England through action on the social determinants of health

The Social Value Act, which came into force in January 2013, requires all public sector commissioners to consider how they could improve the economic, environmental and social wellbeing of their...

Promoting good quality jobs to reduce health inequalities

1. There are four ways in which the nature of work can adversely affect health: through adverse physical conditions of work; adverse psychosocial conditions at work; poor pay or insufficient hours;...

Reducing social isolation across the lifecourse

The issue of social isolation is receiving increasing attention from health and social care professionals, the voluntary sector, community-based organisations and local authorities. One reason for...

Improving health literacy to reduce health inequalities

1. The term ‘health literacy’ refers to people having the appropriate skills, knowledge, understanding and confidence to access, understand, evaluate, use and navigate health and social care...

Study of Early Education and Development (SEED): Study of the quality of childminder provision in England

The Study of Early Education and Development (SEED) is a major study evaluating early education in England including the introduction of a funded entitlement to early education for two-year olds from...

Impact of the Family Justice Reforms on Front-line Practice Phase One: The Public Law Outline

The Children and Families Act came into force in April 2014, introducing wide-ranging reforms to the Family Justice System. At the heart of public family law reform was a revised Public Law Outline (...

Economic Crisis in Europe: Challenge and Response of Social Work Profession

In 2010 IFSW-EUROPE decided to launch the project about the impact of the financial crisis on social services and social work since the start of the crisis in 2007/08. In 2011 IFSW Europe voiced...

The Care Act 2014: how do you know your council is successfully embedding the Care Act?

Ensure that your council is embedding the principles and overarching objectives of the social care reforms in the culture and behaviours of the local health and care workforce, not just implementing...

A Charge on Caring?

Under the new Care Act (Department of Health, 2014a), which came into force on 1 April 2015, all carers, regardless of their level of care or financial situation, are entitled to a needs assessment...

The UK Government’s Response to the House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee Report: Cross-border Health arrangements between England and Wales

The House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee of the 2010-15 Parliament published its report Cross-border health arrangements between England and Wales on 12 March 2015.1 This Command Paper sets out...

Understanding the FGM Enhanced dataset – updated guidance and clarification to support implementation

The Department of Health’s FGM Prevention Programme is a national £3M change programme to improve the way in which the NHS responds to the health needs of girls and women who have had FGM, and to...

Generic Service Interventions Pathway

This document was commissioned by Health Education England to support development of the learning disability workforce and outline where further support and information can be found. Using the...

Key Data on Adolescence 2015

Adolescence is a critical time for laying the foundation for health and wellbeing in adulthood. Collating age specific data about this age group can lead to a better understanding of their health...

Integrating Social Services for Vulnerable Groups

Every society has vulnerable people. People who need multiple supports, day-to-day, to address personal challenges like extreme poverty, poor physical or mental health, and low education, and to...

The Generation Game: Spending priorities for an ageing society

We are now entering a key period in UK politics, the outcome of which will shape the health and welfare landscape for older people for the next five years at least – and possibly for a lot longer...

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