By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
Welcome to the ‘dawn’ of ‘new politics’. The launch of a ‘stable and principled government’. The beginning of a ‘new political age for Britain’. An ‘historic milestone’. The first coalition since the Second World War. An ‘exciting new era’ for us all.
Why am I so underwhelmed by the coalition of Conservatives and Liberal [...]
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
One of the most memorable posters of the Second World War warned that ‘loose talk costs lives’. Sixty five years later a poster featuring Gordon Brown could well carry the words: ‘Loose talk loses elections’.
One silly comment from the Prime Minister could well seal his – and Labour’s – fate in the 2010 [...]
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
It was one of those conversations you couldn’t help overhearing. The train was full and I was surrounded by a group of very talkative senior council officers who had much to gripe about.
Firstly, they were not happy about not being able to travel in style: For them first class rail journeys were [...]
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
Hardly a gripping 90 minutes. But the Leaders’ Debate on ITV on April 15 was not only the first of its kind held in Britain: it marked the beginning of ‘presidential-style’ campaigning in Britain.
The Liberal-Democrat leader Nick Clegg was by far the best performer. He surprised many with his confident, ‘man of the [...]
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
The General Election is just over a week old and already May 6 seems like an eternity away. Hands up all those who are sick and tired of the election campaign and the daily dose of:
· Smug politicians failing to answer direct questions
· Smiling (former) MPs making promises they can’t (and won’t) keep
· [...]
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
So near…and yet so far. In announcing plans to create a National Care Service – the greatest welfare reform since the launch of the National Health Service 62 years ago – the Government lost their nerve on the crucial issue of funding.
There was no ‘cometh the hour, cometh the man’ moment for Health [...]
by Jennifer Roberts
This article appears in the Journal of Care Services Management, of which Jennifer is joint editor.
Can the Government’s new blueprint for a National Care Service end one of the great injustices in England today: the postcode lottery of social care? The ‘vision for the future’ outlined in Shaping the Future of Care Together, [...]
Here, we publish the latest list of conferences and other events which will be helping to set the agenda for social care in the next 12 months
SOCIAL CARE DIARY 2010 (Updated)
September 8-11
Event: International conference on evidence-based policy in long-term care.
Venue: London School of Economics and Political Science
Details: Speakers include: Professor Dennis Kodner, Professor of Medicine [...]
By Paul Roberts
www.caringforyourbusiness.co.uk
How could it have come to this? The ‘Great Debate’ on the future funding of social care is in ruins. Squabbles at the highest level have reduced the issue to a ‘political football’ that is in danger of being kicked so far out of sight it may take years to get it back [...]
As social care remains in the public spotlight in the run-up to the General Election in 2010, a number of important events focusing on care for the elderly and disabled are planned across the UK. Here, we publish an updated list of some of the conferences and other events which will be helping to set [...]