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Tag Archives: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Who’s Who in the English Regions? (Regional Voices)
Summary The regional Voluntary Care Services (VCS) network organisations in England have each updated their “who’s who” guide, to help support voluntary and community sector organisations. The aim is to help in contacting people in local health and care organisations, … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academic Health Science Network, Birmingham City Council, CCGs, Clinical Senates, Commissioning Support Units, Coventry City Council, CQC, Directors of Adult Services, Directors of Childrens Services, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, East Midlands, East of England, Health and Wellbeing Board Representatives, Herefordshire Council, Involve Yorkshire and Humber, JSNA Leads In Local Authorities, Local Authorities, Local HealthWatch, London, London Voluntary Service Council, NHS England Equality Leads, NHS England Local Area Teams, North East, North West, One East Midlands, Public Health, RAISE: Regional Action and Involvement South East, RAWM: Regional Action West Midlands, Regional Voices, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Scrutiny Leads in Local Authorities, Shropshire City Council, Skills for Care, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, South East, South West, South West Forum, Staffordshire County Council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Strategic Clinical Networks, Telford & Wrekin City Council, Voluntary and Community Sector, Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations, Voluntary Care Services, Voluntary Care Services Network, Voluntary Sector North West, VONNE: Voluntary Organisations Network North East, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, Warwickshire County Council, Wellbeing East, West Midlands, Who's Who Guides, Who's Who in the Regions (England), Wolverhampton City Council, Worcestershire County Council, Yorkshire and Humber
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Safeguarding and Housing (SCIE)
Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) recently released a guide on safeguarding for the housing sector. It includes information – and examples from practice – to support local authority social care staff who work with housing sector staff. … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Accountability, Action Fraud, Action on Elder Abuse, Adult Safeguarding, Alliance Homes, Ann Craft Trust, Anti-Social Behaviour, Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), Birmingham Social Housing Partnership, Bournville Village Trust, Bradford, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Catalyst Housing Ltd, Circle Housing, Collaborative Working, Community Safety Partnerships, Domestic Abuse, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Elder Abuse, Empowerment, Frontline Housing Staff and Contractors, Gateshead, Government Policy on Adult Safeguarding, HCA: Homes and Communities Agency, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), Housing and Safeguarding, Housing Managers, Housing Providers, Housing Representation on Safeguarding Adults Boards, Housing Safeguarding Agreement, Housing Safeguarding Networks, Independent Age, Information Sharing, Joint Working, Kirklees Council, Lancashire, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Authority and Social Care, Local Authority Commissioners, Local Authority Social Care Staff, Local Authority Support, Local Partnerships, London Borough of Lewisham, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Act, Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPAs), Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs), Multi-Agency Safeguarding, Multi-Agency Working, Neglect, Partnership, Prevention, Private Landlords, Proportionality, Protection, Raising Concerns, Registered Social Landlords (RSLs), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Principles, safeguarding Adults Reviews, Safeguarding and Housing, Safeguarding Boards, Safeguarding Principles, Safer Birmingham Partnership, Safer Estates Agreement, SCIE’s Knowledge Base on Safeguarding, SCIE’s Learning Together Initiative, Self-Neglect, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Solihull Adult Safeguarding Team, St Leger Homes (Doncaster), Stockport Council, Support for Carers, Support for Perpetrators of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), Supported Housing, Sutton Housing Partnership, Thurrock Council, Transparency and Accountability, Waltham Forest Housing Association, Women’s Aid, Yorkshire
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Automated Pill Dispenser Project Evaluation (Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 10, May 2012]. Summary This end of project evaluation report, from Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands, covers the PivoTell automated pill dispenser. Mark 3 … Continue reading
Posted in ADASS, Assistive Technology, Community Care, For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Adult Social Care and Inclusion: Walsall MBC, Alliance Boots, Assessment Flowchart, Automated Pill Dispenser Project, Automatic Medicine Dispensers, Business Case, Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP), Charter & Plan Ltd, Community Pharmacies, Compliance Aids, Cost Analysis, Coventry City Council, Directors of Adult Social Services in the West Midlands (ADASS), Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Health Services Management Centre: University of Birmingham, Herefordshire County Council, Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands, Local Authorities, Medication Management Leads, Murray’s Healthcare, NHS West Midlands, North East Essex PCT, PCT Clusters, PCT Telecare Leads, Pharmacy Services: Community, PivoTell, PivoTell Automated Pill Dispenser Mk 3, Prescriptions Dispensed in the Community, Prevention and Early Intervention (ADASS), Primary Care Trusts in the West Midlands, Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (IEP), Right Pills at the Right Time, Simon Adams Consulting Ltd, Staffordshire County Council, Staffordshire North PCT, Telford and Wrekin Council, University of Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands ADASS Telehealthcare Network, West Midlands Regional ADASS Telehealthcare Network, West Midlands SHA, Wolverhampton City Council, Worcestershire County Council
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