We are delighted to announce that we have succeeded in winning a second Lottery bid [ the first was two years ago] ! Above all this is a recognition of all we have achieved. As a result we can continue our work, with more energy, in promoting best practice in social care and health, integration and participation.
We will be consulting with our members and the public, about their views on these issues so we can run a series of workshops/forums, culminating in a conference. We will establish an online best practice resource and use an SMS or email link to ask people for suggestions, share results, and let people know what we are doing as a result.
The online resource will be there for not only professionals and volunteers to share example of best practice, but also for service users, patients and carers, to show examples of positive experiences , especially those that could, and should be, experienced by all.
Please see details of the engagement tool on the tab engagement tool, but in essence its an easy way to ask you questions – short easy to answer questions only once or twice a month. As a consequence we will share the overall results and tell you what actions we will take as a result.
We will let you know more as we develop our plans and the use of these tools, and we will check out with members and readers what we are progressing.
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