On 30 September, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) - commissioned by the Department of Health, the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and in association with Coalition for Collaborative Care - launched a major new online tool to support integrated and person-centred care for people with health and social care needs, as well as to aid broader implementation of the Care Act.
Lynda Tarpey has been appointed the new Programme Director for Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) - the sector-wide partnership taking forward work on personalising care and support. Lynda, who is currently the Director at Hasca Ltd and founding Director at the London Care and Support Forum will join TLAP before the end of the year.
TLAP were in attendance at this year's National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC) in Bournemouth.
Our stall featured a display of a 'co-production tree of life'. Delegates were encouraged to write on leaves ways in which they would incorporate co-production into their work and pin them to the tree.
A new Making it Real narrative for people with sensory impairment has been published by TLAP, members of the National Co-production Advisory Group, Royal Association of Deaf people, Sense, RNIB and Action on Hearing Loss.
TLAP, commissioned by the Department of Health, the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and in association with Coalition for Collaborative Care, today launch a major new online tool to support this approach and to aid broader implementation of the Care Act.
In Control, Lancaster University and Think Local Act Personal have today published the findings of the third personal outcomes evaluation tool (POET) of over 500 personal health budget holders and carers.
TLAP are carrying out a new project in conjunction with the Care Provider Alliance, to explore personalisation of the care home sector, focussing particularly on the experiences of older people.
We are recruiting a Project Support Coordinator to work with us in our Central London office on full-time maternity cover for six months with the possibility of an extension.