Last week, I was privileged to speak at the 'Making a difference to children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing' session at the National Children and Adult Services Conference in Bournemouth. The session, and the preparation leading up to …
Thursday 15 October 4.15 – 5.15pm, Solent Hall One of the privileges of my role is the chance to be involved in a number of projects dedicated to improving lives for some of society’s most vulnerable citizens. Co-chairing the Children …
Like Christmas, the National Children and Adult Services Annual Conference seems to come round again very quickly, reflecting perhaps how many different issues we have been grappling with over the last twelve months. This has been the year of local …
Much has happened since the last NCAS Conference in Harrogate. The Care Bill has become the Care Act, the Better Care Fund has come into its own with the work of the integration pioneers and we have seen a whole …
Really stimulating conversations here today at the National Children and Adult Services (NCAS) conference. I spoke this morning about Care Bill implementation and gave six questions that I would be considering if I was working in a local authority now. …
I am really looking forward to my first National Children and Adult Services (NCAS) conference next week. As my responsibilities cover both adult social care and children’s health it is the one time in the year I will get to …
