News Headlines

  • Delivering personalisation across the North West
    Posted on: 30/01/2012
    Three projects that will enhance local authorities abilities to deliver real change and personalisation have started in the north west. The project will be using the 'markers' that were laid out in Making it real.
  • Webchat on personalisation
    Posted on: 10/01/2012
    On Thursday 12 January at 2pm David Behan and Martin Routledge will host a webchat on personalisation in social care. This presents a unique opportunity for you to ask questions, and to join the conversation around personalisation
  • TLAP response to White Paper consultation
    Posted on: 09/01/2012
    TLAP issue a response to the Department of Health's Caring for our future White Paper Consultation.
  • Whole System Demonstrator programme - Headline findings December 2011
    Posted on: 07/12/2011
    The Department of Health has published the early headline findings on the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) programme. These headlines are based upon a randomised control trial of telehealth and telecare, involving 6191 patients, 238 GP practices.
  • Developing personalised services: a call for evidence
    Posted on: 21/11/2011
    "Think Local, Act Personal" (TLAP) Partnership, has established three short-life Task and Finish Groups (TFG) focused on key areas of work identified by the Partnership. One of these is looking at good practice in "developing personalised services" and supporting innovation in new models of care and support.
  • Free webinar on 'Moving Forward with Personalisation'
    Posted on: 18/11/2011
    In Control has launched a new webinar service and the first in the series will be presented by Think Local, Act Personal's programme manager, Martin Routledge.
  • Think Local, Act Personal's response to Alzheimer's Society report
    Posted on: 17/11/2011
    Think Local Act Personal welcomes the Alzheimer's Society report Getting Personal - Making Personal Budgets work for People with Dementia and have already spoken to the Society about its implications
  • Skills for Care welcomes new citizen-led markers
    Posted on: 08/11/2011
    Skills for Care has welcomed the launch of new citizen-led markers for councils, organisations and people to check their progress with the personalisation agenda.
  • Transforming social care through direct payments
    Posted on: 03/11/2011
    The government has challenged councils to significantly improve take up of direct payments and work towards making them the default offer for adult social care.
  • Caring for Our Future White Paper Engagement
    Posted on: 03/11/2011
    The Government has identified six areas where they feel there is the biggest potential to make improvements to the care and support system. Between now and December, they will be discussing these areas with a range of people and organisations involved with care and support. They want to hear about what people's priorities are, and feed this information directly into a White Paper that will be published in April 2012.