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Social care informatics - download the presentations
Download the presentations from the recent social care informatics conference On 26 February 2015, Skills for Care and the HSCIC’s Developing Informatics Skills and Capability (DISC) team...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 Mar 2015
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Updating the Indices of Deprivation - Government response to consultation now published
The Department for Communities and Local Government is updating the indices of deprivation, including the Index of Multiple Deprivation, for publication in summer 2015. They recently consulted...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 Mar 2015
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About MASIS - The Mobility and Support Information Service
Improving Mobility creates more Inclusive Societies MASIS, the Mobility and Support Information Service, is a registered charity and community interest company. Their focus is on removing the...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 Mar 2015
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BBC Radio 4 Analysis: Caring in the New Old Age
Is it time to rethink how we care for older people, to enable them to have fulfilling lives? Available now on BBC iplayer. Broadcast on Sunday 22nd March at 8pm, duration: 30 mins. In...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 Mar 2015
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The Crisis Team Meeting
This was one of those team meetings, the kind where grievances are aired and frustrations expressed. Whether intentionally or not there's always the risk of being undermined as the manager. I've...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  20 Mar 2015
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By 24th March - Consultation on the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) Programme
The Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) programme has been established to succeed N3, which is the current National Network for the NHS. They are keen to collate the views of Health and Social...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  19 Mar 2015
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How do you make an online group fail?
It’s not very often that you can say to your members you can be a little bit bad for a while.  But this is what we tasked them with for this month’s Online Chat Normally you ask for advice on...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  04 Feb 2019
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Why do some people make such good managers
I'm very fair, I give them three chances then that's it. I wanted to find out what "it" was. I don't think she meant she sacked them although she could have meant she had them transferred to...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  16 Mar 2015
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Business is bad.Business is good.
The public sector aims to be more business like. Business is finance driven. The numbers don't lie. The numbers tell their own story. Fiddling the figures, everyone does it. It's ok as long as it...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  12 Mar 2015
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Time to go
Four former colleagues have decided to call it a day. They will leave at the end of the financial year. Officially they are taking early retirement but as they are all under 60 they don't...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  09 Mar 2015
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Trained to feign indifference
The receptionist came out from behind the desk, spoke to and then stroked each one in turn. She clearly likes dogs. Not surprising you might say being as she works at a vets. Not so, we have been...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  09 Mar 2015
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Ferrari or golf-kart? How would describe your online group?
Joe Cothrel from Lithium asked this question the other day.  A bit of background may help you answer the question. The facilitators of the group help push the group forward toward its...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  04 Mar 2015
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Social Services Workforce Statistics (2014) Released on NASCIS
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) recently published Personal Social Services: Staff of Social Services Departments, England, as at September 2014. In addition to the written...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  26 Feb 2015
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Please give your feedback on Health Profiles for local authorities
Each year Public Health England publishes the Health Profiles for local authorities. These contain a summary of information on the health of the people in your local authority area and some...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  26 Feb 2015
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How can polls be used to create follow up discussions?
Polls are fun, enlightening, and great conversation starters. Best of all, they’re an easy way for lurkers to start participating in your group. But the best way to use a poll is to gather...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  26 Feb 2015
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Adoption
The adoption process is stressful. First you have to decide whether your life style is compatible with providing a good home. How much do you want this?Is one of you prepared to put your career...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  24 Feb 2015
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Towards excellence in adult social care: progress with adult social care priorities England 2013-14
This report, published in February 2015 by the Local Government Association (LGA) and Association of Directors of Adult Social services (ADASS) helps to inform and support...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  24 Feb 2015
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Public sector staff piling on the pounds due to stressful jobs
A survey of public sector workers conducted by the British Heart Foundation (BHF),found that over two fifths (42%) of people working in public service say they have put on weight because of...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  26 Feb 2015
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What About Youth Survey – your input is needed on potential outputs - response by 6th March 2015
The What About YOUth? (WAY) is a new survey of 15 year olds, commissioned by the Department of Health to collect national and local level data on a range of topics relating to the health of young...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 Feb 2015
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Get to know your heart...interactive learning tool from the British Heart Foundation
Know your heart is an interactive learning tool produced by the British Heart Foundation, designed to help you learn more about how your heart works and what you can do to keep it healthy....
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 Feb 2015
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How information on MyNHS will be expanded and improved between 2015 and 2017
MyNHS: greater transparency for better health and care, published by the Department of Health (11th February 2015), sets out the 2015-2017 MyNHS roadmap on the gov.uk website. You will be able to...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 Feb 2015
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Making the case for tackling obesity - why invest?
This slideset of infographics produced by Public Health England illustrate the facts and figures about obesity, the costs, the benefits of investing and the potential routes to action. An...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  23 Feb 2015
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Beware the Hippo
The most dangerous animal in Africa  is not the lion or rhino or even the bull elephant it is the hippo. This animal causes the  deaths of more people than all the others put...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  21 Feb 2015
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London Online Facilitators Meet Up
You always know that a get-together has gone well when you get kicked out of the room and everyone is still in in-depth conversation as they are walking out of the room and still chatting in the...
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Michael Norton
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Last updated:  18 Feb 2015
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"Nothing uses carbon like a first world human"
Channel 4 showed the thought-provoking second series of Utopia last year; a dark conspiracy thriller which centres on a graphic novel and the group of people who discover it. Episode 6 of...
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Richard Overy
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Last updated:  24 Feb 2015
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You don't want to know the answer
Effective leaders ask good questions but too many people in charge don't ask questions. After all if you don't ask the question you can always deny knowledge. The Americans call this plausible...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  12 Feb 2015
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An Organisation in denial
"They denied that there had been a problem, or if there had been that it was as big as was said. If there was a problem they certainly were not told. They were no worse than anyone else. They had...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  12 Feb 2015
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The End Game
It takes a leader to transform a service(s) to build, to innovate to inspire but what happens when the task is to dismantle, to scale back, to down grade? Is it still leadership if you are...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  05 Feb 2015
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Winter pressures – monthly data on delayed transfers of care available in LG Inform
LG Inform presents you with up-to-date published data about your local area and council, to help you review and compare performance with other authorities. All local authority staff can register...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  09 Feb 2015
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Data can help prevent future NHS crises (Guardian article)
In a comment piece in the Guardian, Matthew Bryant, the director of operations at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundations Trust discusses A&E waiting times. He writes: “The key is to use data to...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  28 Jan 2015
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Care calculator launched by BBC
The BBC has launched an online guide to the care system for the over-65s.The "care calculator" covers both residential care and the support provided in people's own homes, for tasks such as washing...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  28 Jan 2015
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Should you tell the Boss
Should you tell the boss if you don't have enough work to do? May be the reorganisation has left you in a bit of a limbo, maybe your new boss doesn't know how best to use you or doesn't know much...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  27 Jan 2015
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Digital vs. physical - how digital can enhance your customer experience
I think most people would agree that January can be quite a depressing month. What with diets, fitness drives, no alcohol (for some!)... And yet, a hardy bunch of souls turned out in a decidedly...
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Liz Copeland
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Last updated:  27 Jan 2015
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The Tudors are trending
 First their was the prizewinning book Wolf Hall now there is a critically acclaimed BBC adaptation. The central character is Thomas Cromwell who is undergoing a modern day rehabilitation of...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  26 Jan 2015
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My wife's driving is inceasingly alarming
"My wife's driving increasingly alarms me but attempts to discuss it with her meet with her hostility". These are not my words I hasten to add but those of a husband seeking advice from a problem...
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Blair McPherson
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Last updated:  26 Jan 2015
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NPPF- Economic Development Assessment
Hi we are currently reviewing our evidence base  for a full plan review. The NPPF definition of 'Economic Development'(ED) is far wider. Traditionally evidence base have been a collection of...
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Tracy Wigzell
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Last updated:  21 Jan 2015
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Dental Public Health Intelligence Programme
The Public Health England, Dental Public Health Intelligence Programme supports the collection, analysis and dissemination of reliable and robust information on the oral health needs of local...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  20 Jan 2015
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PHE publish update to data guide for sexual and reproductive health in England
Sexual and reproductive health in England: A guide to local and national data published by Public Health England (PHE) PHE's guide to local and national sexual and reproductive health data,...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  20 Jan 2015
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New to LG Inform and LG Inform Plus?
Need a helping hand? If you're fresh to LG Inform and LG Inform Plus, you might have a few questions or need some tips on how to get the most out of the toolkit. Or you might be a seasoned user...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  20 Jan 2015
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Taking care of employee mental health - Radio 4 programme
The City on the Couch - Radio 4 broadcast from Sunday 11th January 2015 Psychoanalyst Mary Bradbury investigates why a growing number of big businesses in the financial sector are taking more...
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Philippa Lynch
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Last updated:  20 Jan 2015
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