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An Easter round up of all our latest offerings and news from around the partnership.

 
 
 
 
 
TLAP Podcast
 
 
 
 
Innovations for supporting a proactive & responsive market
 
The care market is opening up to offer more creative ways of supporting people with their care and support needs. How can they be encouraged? Listen to a panel of experts discussing this topic.

 

 
Listen to the podcast (9 min)
 
Read about the podcast and who took part
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TLAP Webinar recordings
 
 
 
 
Working collaboratively with providers in the Isle of Wight
 
Colleagues from the Isle of Wight discussed how they work closely with providers and people with lived experience to improve care outcomes.

 

 
Watch the Isle of Wight webinar
 
 
 
 
 
 
Making it Real webinar
 
If you want to find out about Making it Real and how it can support your organisation offer personalised care and support, the webinar recording is out along with a poll on co-production.  

 
Watch the Making it Real webinar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TLAP report
 
 
 
 
Be courageous when you reimagine social care
 
“We need to create a mind-set that thrives on making changes even when we don’t have all the answers. I think the biggest lesson we can take from this is that you can never be courageous without taking risks”.Read Reimagining social care – a study in three places to find out how some councils are taking risks with system reform.

 
Reimagining social care - a study in three places
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Social Care Innovations Network
 
 
 
 
Innovations Network webinar with SCIE – 26 April, 2pm
 
In early April, we partnered with SCIE and Shared Lives Plus for the first social care Innovation Network.

The network helps local areas to take on innovative approaches which work. This webinar on Friday 26 April looks at the upcoming work of the new network, and discusses learning from the initial meeting.

 
Sign up here for the Innovation webinar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Partner/stakeholder news
 
 
 
 
A guide to efficient and effective interventions for implementing the Care Act
 
If you need support with fulfilling the requirements and expectations of the Care Act in relation to carers, ADASS have produced some guides.

 
Read the ADASS guides
 
 
 
 
 
 
A report on delayed discharges
 
On average, 27 per cent of people who are declared medically fit for discharge remain in hospital. This was reported by Newton Europe, who were commissioned by the Better Care Support Programme to look into delayed discharges and their impact on lives and system finances.

 
Read the report - People first, manage what matters
 
 
 
 
 
 
Improving the care sector – CPA update
 
The activity and outputs from the Improving Care Sector Engagement programme are now published. The programme run by Care Provider Alliance covered  contingency planning; engagement and local commissioning as well as new ways of working in adult social care services.

 
Read the ouputs of the programme
 
 
 
 
 
 
Social Care Digital Innovation Project
 
The LGA in collaboration with NHS Digital is grant funding digital innovation in social care, with projects ranging from new assistive technology to data analytics to predict demand.

 
Find out which projects have been funded
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SURVEY
 
 
 
 
NHS Budget Survey –closing date 14 May
 
NHS England has commissioned Quality Health to run a survey to gather feedback about people’s experiences of personal health budgets and integrated personal budgets. It is open to all current or previous budget holders and those who support them. The findings will be used to improve the support for budget holders and applicants in England. Take part before 14 May.

 
Complete the NHS Budget survey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
QUICK GUIDE
 
 
 
 
New advance care planning quick guide
 
Advance care planning enables people to plan their future care and support, including medical treatment, while they have the capacity to do so. This new quick guide from NICE and SCIE helps managers of care services to support people to prepare.

 
Read the NICE guide
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FREE WEB RESOURCE
 
 
 
 
Population Wellbeing Portal
 
The portal is free to access by anyone who can positively impact public health and wellbeing. It offers education, training and professional development resources, to help deliver improvements in public health and prevention.

 
Look at the Population Wellbeing Portal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Webinar
 
 
 
 
Integrated Care – 14 May
 
David Pearson, Independent Chair of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System will lead a webinar on how the NHS and local government work together on Integrated Care Systems. 

 

 
Register for the Integrated Care Systems webinar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blog
 
 
 
 
Sport and leisure for disabled people – it’s not just for paralympians
 
Like many other areas of life, disabled people are much less likely to be involved in regular physical activity or sport. Disability Rights UK developed a project, Get Yourself Active which helped to change this. The evaluation of the project is published and Leanne Wightman, offers tips for others who wish to support disabled people to access sport activities. 

 
Read Leanne's blog
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A good read
 
 
 
 
Ageing with innovation at the heart
 
“Both the United Nations and the World Health Organisation have a very clear focus on age as a human right”, writes Vic Rayner CEO of Care Provider Alliance, which she says is great news for encouraging a rights based approach to their care.  What does this all mean for thinking more creatively about older people’s provision?

 
Read Vic's blog for Social Care Future
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Best video of the week
 
 
 
 
An (un)Ordinary conference
 
Stay Up Late turned the tables at their last conference when they asked people who access services to be the main speakers and presenters highlighting the issues that matter to them. 

 
Watch highlights from an (un)Ordinary conference
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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