We love the CARE badge – it symbolises what we have said for many years! But a badge – even thousands of them cost little – we want meaning behind the badge and will be pushing in every way we can for integration of social care and health when the crisis is over . It may be complicated and expensive for us all but it needs to be sorted.
This article speaks for itself . As a former NHS Manager who keeps in very close touch with issues and the virus of course, his views are always worth reading. This article emphasises yet again that there must be integration of social care and health
Interviewed by Matt Bailey at 7.10am on 29th July about NESCHA views on imminent Andy Burnham announcement later that morning. I was greatly encouraged by his feedback ( he said it was interesting and ran over time!) and wrote the paper attached.
I never dreamt that one day I would be living the system!.
Sadly Robert my co-author , died when I was in hospital some years ago but my wife visited daily and then she lived with a diagnosois mixed dementia for over four years, was admitted to hospital last October and, following a rapid discharge to a care home, died peacefully in December .
Despite a professional background in social work and years spent working on improving health and care systems, nothing fully prepares you for living that experience. It brought into sharp focus both the compassion of frontline staff and the frustrations families can face when services are not as joined-up or consistent as they should be.
NHS de-frazzle new book and brilliant review