17 September 2008

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Keep Warm, Keep Well: Supporting vulnerable people during cold weather - advice for health and social care professionals (11th September 2008)
This leaflet is part of the national Keep Warm Keep well programme, which aims to reduce chronic and acute health risks associated with cold weather. It contains advice for people working in primary care or social services, and for home care providers. In this leaflet, you will find out about the dangers of cold to vulnerable people. It will help you plan before and during winter, or for any particularly cold period.
Leaflet

Keep Warm, Keep Well: poster (11th September 2008)

Get your guide to keeping warm and well this winter.
A4 Poster
A3 Poster

Listening and responding to communities: a brief guide to Local Involvement Networks (5th September 2008)
A Local Involvement Network (LINk) should be up and running in every area of England by the end of 2008. This guide has been published to help health and social care managers understand LINks. The guide also explains how LINks can help services respond to local needs.
Guide

Lifting the Burdens Task Force Review of Health and Social Care Burdens (4th September 2008)
The Lifting the Burdens Task Force Review was led by Chief Executive of London Borough of Camden, Moira Gibb. It focuses on those burdens that are a direct result of the local government/Department of Health relationship as well as those that emanate from the Commission for Social Care, and makes recommendations in the areas of: Information for performance monitoring, management and assessment; Service and regulatory inspection; Regional working to support performance improvement; Supporting people; and Enhancers and inhibitors to partnership working. The report makes a total of 19 recommendations, identifying where burdens are occurring and how these can be addressed.
Report

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