Blogs and articles

Following on from the Direct Payments Summit, held on 1st November, Dean Thomas, expert by experience, explains the eight changes he believes could transform direct payments.

In the third blog of our series in the lead up to the Direct Payments Summit we hear from Pat Stack, Chair of the National Direct Payment Forum and Camden Disability Action.

In the second of our blog series leading up to the November Direct Payments Summit we hear from Melanie Williams, Corporate Director of Adult Social Care and Health at Nottinghamshire County Council and Vice President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS).

In the first of our blog series leading up to the TLAP Direct Payments Summit we hear from Chair of the TLAP Board, Clenton Farquharson, on improving direct payments.

Clenton Farquharson, Chair of the TLAP Board, reflects on the paramount value of trust in the foundations of social care and how nurturing trust in care and support can help build a more compassionate and effective social care system.

Bryony Shannon on the importance of changing the language used in care and support.

Head of Adult Social Care Policy for the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Dave James, tells us about how Making It Real was used to shape quality oversight in their single assessment framework.

Clenton Farquharson talks us through his turbulent journey into social care and his hopes for a more equitable future.

Bryony Shannon writes about why language matters in care and support as she introduces the work we’ll be doing together to transform the narrative of care and support.

Isaac Samuels explores the challenges of navigating the complex language used in care and support and why it is necessary to redefine communication to foster empathy, understanding, and personalisation.

A new blog for co-production week 2023. How co-production in research can be radical plus a new collaboration between TLAP and the ESRC-funded Centre for Care.

Jenny Carter, member of the National Co-production Advisory Group, reflects on the report 'Why are we stuck in hospital?' and the importance of Care and Treatment Reviews.

In this blog we caught up with National Co-production Advisory Group member Jennifer Pearl while she balanced a particularly busy week.

National Co-production Advisory Group member Jennifer Pearl reflects on her recent experience of services, and how they could be improved by listening to the voices of people with lived experience.

In this article Head of Policy at TLAP, Tim Parkin reflects on the integration of care and support.

National Co-production Advisory Group member Kate Sibthorp shares her thoughts on the Care and Support Reimagined report, and what she hopes it will lead to.

In a recent report, the Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care launched its findings on what different people thought care services should be like. TLAP Chair Clenton Farquharson speaks about his involvement in the Commission, and his hopes for collective action.

In this blog Jennifer Pearl, member of Think Local Act Personal’s (TLAP) National Co-production Advisory Group and Expert by Experience for Care Quality Commission shares her thoughts on how co-production can support improvement in equipment provision.

Sarah Craggs, Person Centred Planning Training and Development Manager at Nottinghamshire County Council, on her experience of co-production in Disability Related Expenses.

TLAP’s Co-production Advisor shares her thoughts on jazz, co-production and how the two are more similar that you might think.