I sit on the Steering Group of the Skills Academy for Social Care which hopes to be officially launched in October and I attended a regular meeting of the Steering Group today.
The Skills Academy hopes to be able in the future to be proactive in directing and assisting care providers to deliver the best of training. From time to time the Academy also hopes to be the conduit between Government and the sector for the delivery of funds to be spent around the training agenda.
Watch this space because come the Autumn I hope there will be a great deal of good news around the time of the launch of the Academy.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
14 July 2009
14 July
I went with Nadra this afternoon to the launch of the Green Paper by Andy Burnham, Phil Hope and David Behan so we finally managed to get our hands on a copy of the Green Paper.
You can too if you go to:
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_102338
We will be doing a piece in the next newsletter about the Green Paper but for care home providers the key point is that the proposal is that Government would pay for care and the individual would pay for “board and lodgings”. In principle this sounds acceptable but as always the devil may be in the detail so as we develop our response I will keep you informed via the blog.
I went with Nadra this afternoon to the launch of the Green Paper by Andy Burnham, Phil Hope and David Behan so we finally managed to get our hands on a copy of the Green Paper.
You can too if you go to:
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_102338
We will be doing a piece in the next newsletter about the Green Paper but for care home providers the key point is that the proposal is that Government would pay for care and the individual would pay for “board and lodgings”. In principle this sounds acceptable but as always the devil may be in the detail so as we develop our response I will keep you informed via the blog.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
The Green Paper
The Green Paper on the future funding of Long Term Care will be launched this afternoon in the House of Commons.
I know I am showing off but I have been to a breakfast meeting this morning with the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Health and the Minister for Social Care to discuss the Green Paper. I still don’t know what is actually in the Green Paper but the indications are that the Government is looking to create a National Care Service.
The thoughts that are in my mind of course are about:
“Will there be any new money?”
Indications are that there will not but further information will be available later this afternoon.
I said at the meeting that members of National Care Association will enter into the debate. The consultation will last until late in November.
I am going to a launch event at 2pm along with National Care Association Chairman Nadra Ahmed and I will post another note before 10 am tomorrow and hopefully tonight.
I know I am showing off but I have been to a breakfast meeting this morning with the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Health and the Minister for Social Care to discuss the Green Paper. I still don’t know what is actually in the Green Paper but the indications are that the Government is looking to create a National Care Service.
The thoughts that are in my mind of course are about:
“Will there be any new money?”
Indications are that there will not but further information will be available later this afternoon.
I said at the meeting that members of National Care Association will enter into the debate. The consultation will last until late in November.
I am going to a launch event at 2pm along with National Care Association Chairman Nadra Ahmed and I will post another note before 10 am tomorrow and hopefully tonight.
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