Guidance letter on the Heatwave plan 2012
The Chief Medical Officer, NHS Chief Executive, Director of Nursing and the Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships have today written to NHS and LA chief executives...
View ArticleVoluntary Sector Partnership awards for 2013-14
The ‘Innovation Excellence and Strategic Development Fund’ for 2013-14 will be launching week commencing 25 June 2012. In order to provide potential applicants with a platform to ask questions about...
View ArticleAlzheimer’s Society training programme in care homes aims to reduce...
An Alzheimer’s Society training programme, supported by funding from the Department of Health and the HC-One care home group, is being rolled out to 150 care homes across the UK. An initial trial of...
View ArticleDraft Care and Support Bill published
The draft Care and Support Bill has been published. It creates a single law for adult care and support, replacing more than a dozen different pieces of legislation. It provides the legal framework for...
View ArticleLast chance to feed comments into Dementia Challenge champion groups
The health and care champion group and the dementia friendly communities champion group, which are working as part of the PM’s Dementia Challenge, would like to hear your views. You can comment until...
View ArticleDeveloping the use of direct payments in residential care
The Department wants to identify local authorities that would like to be involved in developing the use of direct payments in residential care. The White Paper ‘Caring for our future: reforming care...
View ArticleApplications for Workforce Development Dementia Fund now open
The Department of Health has commissioned Skills for Care to support the delivery of a national learning and development programme for the adult social care workforce supporting people with dementia....
View ArticleProgress in implementing the 2010 Adult Autism Strategy
The National Audit Office (NAO) sent a memorandum to the Public Accounts Committee during July 2012 in which they say considerable progress has been made in implementing the Adult Autism Strategy....
View ArticleBowel cancer campaign is relaunched
The Department of Health has today relaunched the Be Clear on Cancer bowel cancer campaign. Incorporating TV and radio advertising as well as face-to-face events around the country, the campaign, which...
View ArticleDementia campaign launches
The Department of Health has launched a campaign, supported by the Alzheimer’s Society, to encourage people to talk to loved ones showing signs of dementia. The three-month campaign in England,...
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