Hot on the heels of the Darzi review, the Integrated Care Network has published a study that suggests health and social care investment in housing support is cost-effective and can transform lives.
The Care Services Improvement Partnership's five networks publish a range of material that sets out to inform and advise people working in health and social care on a range of issues, including integration, personalisation, telecare and housing. Chris Mahony gives an overview of one recent publication below
Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: a cross-government strategy for England was launched in February. In the same month, NHS North West launched the North West framework, which sets out guidelines on helping children and families achieve a healthy weight.
The Care Services Improvement Partnership's housing learning and improvement network has published an online factsheet to help practitioners, commissioners, care service managers and housing managers in extra care housing deal with issues surrounding administering medicines.
In the green paper Independence, Well-Being and Choice and the white paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say, the government focused on seven positive outcomes for people using health and social care services.
This high-impact change sets out to improve the skills, confidence and capability of staff to develop personalised plans with service users and their carers.
This high-impact change sets out to put service users at the centre of service design and delivery, to give people control over their care, and to provide the framework in which people can direct their own support.
This high-impact change sets out to promote commissioning services that are flexible and responsive to people's needs and wishes.
The 2007 CSIP Positive Practice Awards aim to celebrate excellence in health and social care.
