Editor Jim Kennedy looks at a recent DH publication.

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Editor Jim Kennedy looks at a study published by IRISS, which examines the relevance of social media to the development of personalised social care in general, and to self-directed support in particular.

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Editor Jim Kennedy looks at the recent survey of Personal Budgets.

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It was the very first in our Friday Focus lecture series last week, and it was my pleasure to chair the lecture, which was given by Frances Patterson QC. She gave the audience a comprehensive run through the major issues related to the recent Law Commission report. Watch a video of her presentation, and download her PowerPoint from the Pavilion Live website.

Editor Jim Kennedy looks at a new British Geriatrics Society report.

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Editor Jim Kennedy looks at the planned Self-Directed Support Bill in Scotland.

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Jim Kennedy looks at the latest in the long-running saga of NHS reform.

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Jim Kennedy looks at the Skills for Care/Skills for Health ‘Common core principles for supporting people with dementia’.
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I spoke to Tom Clarke, Associate Director of Nursing at South West London and St. George’s NHS Trust recently as part of our new project on Co-Production. He was one of the movers behind setting up the BigSmallWorld project, and he talked about his personal journey from the old model of the voluntary sector having to ask statutory sector for services, to the new model of Co-Production.

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Editor Jim Kennedy looks at the state of social care after a busy week.

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