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  • Social care online questionnaires launched

    Social care online questionnaires for children’s homes, fostering services, adoption agencies and residential family centres are open.

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  • New drive to end deliberate face-down restraint

    New controls to stop the deliberate use of face-down restraint for people receiving care launched by Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Launching Think Autism on World Autism Awareness Day

    Norman Lamb, Care and Support Minister, talks about the main priorities of Think Autism and progress made since the 2010 autism strategy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Chief Medical Officer publishes annual report on state of the public’s health

    Concerns about normalisation of overweight, possible links between deafness, blindness and dementia and pedestrian and cycle safety.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New fitness test for health and social care leaders

    The government is introducing new check across the health and care sector to make sure directors who are unfit for their roles are removed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Jeremy Hunt: message to NHS staff on supporting compassionate care

    The Secretary of State for Health on the important changes to support staff so they can raise concerns about patient care and safety.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • NHS to tackle long waits for dementia assessments

    190,000 new ‘Dementia Friends’ at M&S, Argos, Homebase, Lloyds Bank and Lloyds Pharmacy

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rescare's campaign on funding for social care services

    Government response to Rescare's campaign about funding for residential care services.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sir Martin Narey: overhauling children’s social work training

    Sir Martin Narey publishes his report, 'Making the education of social workers consistently effective'.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • ‘Francis Effect’ on NHS care one year on from Mid Staffs Inquiry

    ‘Francis Effect’ on NHS care one year on from Mid Staffs Inquiry with 2,400 more nurses hired in the last year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Better understanding of private fostering needed

    Ofsted calls for local authorities, local safeguarding children boards and DfE to work together to better understand private fostering.

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  • Jeremy Hunt: message to NHS staff on patient care and safety

    Secretary of State for Health message on the drive to ensure safe and compassionate care for all.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Treating patients as people

    Jeremy Hunt, speaking at Guy's and St Thomas' hospital, calls for the names of responsible doctors to be put above hospital beds.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Consultation to improve regulation of health and social care providers

    Proposed changes to Care Quality Commission registration requirements set out basic level of care that all health and care organisations must provide.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Care needs: financial services industry to develop products to help people plan

    Government and Association of British Insurers (ABI) have committed to working together to help people plan for their future care costs.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Make a New Year’s resolution to help an older, lonely person near you

    Norman Lamb and the Royal Voluntary Service call for everyone to make a commitment to help an older, lonely person near them in 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Better Care Fund

    Letter to local authorities from Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis and Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb about the Better Care Fund.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Winterbourne View: 1 year on

    Norman Lamb writes about getting the right foundations in place to deliver person-centred care for vulnerable people.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK calls on world to tackle global crisis of dementia

    Today, for the first time, health leaders from the developed world have come together to map out how they will fight dementia.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • G8 Dementia Summit: Prime Minister's speech

    The Prime Minister spoke at the G8 Dementia Summit today about the global challenge of dementia, and the role life sciences play in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government