This report published by the NHS Conferation’s Mental Health Network makes a number of recommendations for Government, the NHS Commissioning Board and emerging clinical commissioning groups for developing an outcomes-based approach to improving mental health.
The Personnel Social Service Research Unit and Housing LIN have jointly published the evaluation of the Department of Health’s Extra Care Housing Fund.
This report published by the Alzheimer’s Society and MHP Health Mandate articulates the views from a recent workshop on the commissioning of effective dementia services in the new world. It puts forward recommendations to Government, the NHS and interested groups about how such services can be improved.
The final workshop in the Caring for our future engagement brought together the discussion leaders and reference group members to articulate their vision for care and support in 2025 and identify the practical steps required to achieve that vision.
A new Alzheimer’s Society report ‘Getting personal? Making personal budgets work for people with dementia’, is calling for the personal budget system to be adapted to meet the specific needs of people with dementia.
Your Story Matters will support the delivery of new ways of working to realise dementia friendly communities with well trained staff across England during 2011/2012.
By April 2014, everyone who is eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare will have the right to ask for a personal health budget including a direct payment.
The Government has launched Caring for our future: shared ambitions for care and support – a discussion with people who use care and support services, carers, local councils, care providers and the voluntary sector, about the priorities for improving care and support.
The Mental Health Foundation has launched a suite of films aimed at raising awareness about dementia and the use of self directed support in helping people with dementia, their families, carers and social care professionals.
The guide, ‘Year of Care, Thanks for the Petunias – A guide to developing and commissioning non traditional providers to support the self management of people with long term conditions’, is an important product of the national Year of Care Programme.