England
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Unfair Cuts in Detail
The current social care system in the UK is deeply unfair and needs reforming; however current efforts by Central Government seem self-defeating.
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Commissioning for Innovation
Commissioning for innovation means focusing on the real assets of community in order to shape innovative and appropriate solutions to meet real community needs.
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First and Last
Mark Brend describes the history of the closure of the learning disabilities hospitals that were once used to segregate people with learning difficulties.
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Don't Monkey with People's Lives
Carl Poll gets to the heart of why the relationship between professionals and citizens can often go so wrong - and what we can do about it.
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Active Patient
Vidhya Alakeson's Policy Paper sets out the case for extending the principles of self-direction, and in particular the use of individual budgets, to many areas of health care.
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Much More to Life than Services
Bob Rhodes offers a vision for personalisation in social care that goes beyond the use of social care services and returns us to community and citizenship.
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A Fair Start
Pippa Murray makes the case for an integrated Personalised Pathway to enable disabled children and their families to take control of health, education and care funding.
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Commissioning for Innovation
Commissioning should mean focusing on the real assets of community in order to shape innovative and appropriate solutions to meet real community needs.
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Citizenship & Professional Gift Models
The Citizenship Model is a new paradigm for public services where support is treated as an entitlement which can be shaped and driven by the citizen instead of as a professionally.
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Safety for Citizens
Simon Duffy explores the relationship between safeguarding and personalisation and the risks that come from institutionalisation.
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Architecture for Personalisation Toolkit
This toolkit will help local leaders develop their own strategy for producing local systems that enable personalisation. It contains helpful hints, ideas and a framework for…
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Architecture for Personalisation
A report describing progress in Yorkshire & Humber towards developing a community-based approach to supporting personalisation and self-directed support.
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Decision-Making in Health
When our life is threatened and real expertise offers us some possibility of extending or improving our life then it makes sense to share control with appropriate professionals.
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Individual Service Fund (ISF)
An Individual Service Fund is a mechanism for controlling an individual budget using an organisation.
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Helping Providers to Change
This is a book by Self Direct that focuses on the work necessary to help service providers change and to develop more personalised forms of support.
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Personalisation in Mental Health
A report setting out a model for integrating health and social care for people with mental health services - designed to promote personalisation, empowerment and citizenship.
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Constitutional Social Justice
An essay on the possibilities of radical reform within the welfare state.
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Personalisation Model
The Personalisation Model provides a framework for reorganising public services so that the citizen remains in control of their own life and any support that they need.
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Personalised Transition
An evaluation of a new and radical policy innovation in Sheffield which gives young people with disabilities and their families a totally new level of control over their life…
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Personalised Pathway
This model enables families with disabled children to take effective control over their support, while getting coordinated expert support.
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Personalised Transition
Personalised Transition is a system for enabling young people with complex needs to leave school and to achieve active citizenship within their communities.
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Should We Ban Brokerage?
Local authorities need to make much better use of all the varied resources that communities already have to offer when building the support system for Self-Directed Support.
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Being the Boss is Best
An article which describes the benefits of being your own boss.
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Real Wealth
Money is only one way of achieving things and it can only achieve some things. What people really need in order to live good lives is the elements of Real Wealth.