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Article: 08.07.13 Briefing for MPs for Opposition Day Debate This Briefing for MPs from Pat's Petition also provides a general overview of the series of cuts being imposed by the UK…
Article: 10.06.13 Long Term Care Fees - The Truth Chris Moon-Willems writes about the government's proposed changes to means testing for social care.
Article: 03.06.13 How We Try to Keep Our Promises Tim Keilty explains how New Prospects have designed a simple approach for helping people to network and support each…
Article: 28.05.13 From the British Welfare State to Just Another American State Mo Stewart argues that the current reforms of the welfare state were inspired by bogus research and the vested…
Article: 28.05.13 Statements of the Obvious on NDIS Tony Lanigan has written a list of statements of the obvious that may be helpful to the designers of Disability Care…
Article: 24.05.13 In Memory of Carl Poll Carl Poll was a leading innovator and champion for people with learning difficulties - he will be greatly missed.
Article: 15.05.13 The Process of Change Sam Sly explains that the real challenge after Winterbourne View is to ensure the real drivers for change are in place.
Article: 12.04.13 The Traps and Detours of Deinstitutionalisation Sam Sly writes about the challenge of moving people out of hospitals and institutions after the Winterbourne View…
Article: 03.04.13 The Big Society Fails the Hardest Hit Catherine Hale's article explains how a range of UK government policies target disabled people.
Article: 24.02.13 It's Not Systems That Stop Abuse Transformative leadership - not new systems, targets or policies - will help public services to tackle the problems of…
Article: 22.02.13 Implementing Personal Budgets This essay describes how personal budgets should be implemented, focusing especially on people with more complex…
Article: 05.02.13 Briefing on How Cuts Are Targeted This briefing provides a summary of the findings of the report A Fair Society? and some important facts and figures.
Article: 05.02.13 Is It Immoral to Cut Welfare? Dr Simon Duffy tells of his experience on television, the messages he hoped to communicate and the lessons he learned.
Article: 23.01.13 A Strategy for Welfare Reform This essay provides an overview of why the welfare state should be reformed - not cut - and what it might take to achieve…
Article: 22.01.13 What Can I Do To Make A Difference? Sam Sly writes about the importance of working together, sharing our experiences, resources and energy in the year…
Article: 30.12.12 What is Assessment and Treatment? Sam Sly describes the difficulties faced by families who have seen their children lost to the phoney system of…
Article: 28.12.12 Regulation without State Dominance Bob Rhodes outlines a different approach to regulation than the on-going expansion of incompetent state-run…
Article: 22.12.12 Getting Serious About Citizenship The debate about reform in social services loses clarity when we use jargon like personalisation, the real questions…
Article: 20.12.12 Is It All About Cuts? This short article describes how self-directed support is being used to make cuts in social care.
Article: 30.10.12 An Apology Simon Duffy apologises for two social innovations that have had negative consequences - the complex RAS and the…
Article: 26.10.12 Fears for NDIS A summary of concerns about the design of Australia's important National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Article: 25.09.12 What Goes Around... Bob Rhodes reflects on the ups and downs of building a fairer society amidst the craziness of the current system.
Article: 19.09.12 Fellows Day 2012 Fellows Day 2012
Article: 03.09.12 Is it Right to Buy a Right? Jim Elder-Woodward explores the injustice of social care charging in the UK and the double taxation of disabled…
Article: 03.09.12 Bridging the Rubicon Bob Rhodes explores the gap in thinking between public services and real communities.
Article: 02.09.12 Vinny Went Cycling for Charity Vinesh Kumar tells the story of his 500 mile cycle ride across India, of the Avarind Eye Clinic and his thoughts and…
Article: 02.09.12 It's the Toughest of Commissions (Song) Bob Rhodes offers a song about the paradoxes of commissioning.
Article: 29.08.12 Life Is Not a Commodity Bob Rhodes reflects on the difficulties of helping people move beyond a commodified notion of the role of public…
Article: 25.07.12 All Change for Social Care in England? Chris Moon-Willems, an independent specialist in care for older people, assesses the Government's plans to reform…
Article: 24.07.12 What is Citizen Directed Support? Thoughts on the development of Citizen Directed Support in Wales and the connection between entitlements and…
Article: 24.07.12 UN Declaration of Human Rights The UN's Declaration is an important starting point for welfare reform. It makes clear the need for clear rights and…
Article: 20.07.12 Personalisation or Entitlements This article explores the challenge of making personalisation effective at supporting people's human rights and…
Article: 20.07.12 Unimpressed: Cameron's Ideas on Welfare David Cameron’s latest ideas on the future shape of welfare has polarised opinion, S.H Barnett explores the…
Article: 02.07.12 Real Localism Argument for a profound shift in control towards local communities and the outline of a new strategy for local…
Article: 13.05.12 West Lancashire Peer Support Les Scaife describes how the West Lancashire Peer Support Group was born and the work it continues to do.
Article: 12.05.12 Is It Only Me? S.H.Barnett wonders why personal budgets which promise so much have largely failed to deliver.
Article: 11.05.12 Are Institutions Still With Us? Sam Sly explores the problems that leave too many people with complex needs in long-term institutional care.
Article: 09.05.12 Full Citizenship for People with Intellectual Disabilities An interview with Simon Duffy for the Finnish Year Book on Intellectual Disabilities on the nature of citizenship.
Article: 02.04.12 The Journey to Citizenship - Deinstitutionalisation in Finland Finland is beginning to close its institutions for people with learning difficulties. Simon Duffy explores what can…
Article: 12.03.12 Campaigning for a Fair Society Simon Duffy gave one of the talks at the launch of the Manifesto for a Fair Society at the House of Lords on the 12th March.
Article: 03.03.12 Who Really Benefits from Welfare? Simon Duffy looks at how the tax benefit system really works and wonders who are the real beneficiaries of this system?
Article: 26.01.12 Is Personalisation Dead? Simon Duffy explores some of the problems involved in implementing personalisation and the fundamental question of…
Article: 21.12.11 120,000 Reasons to Listen to Women Clare Hyde wonders whether the government's thinking about focusing on 'problem' families is informed by an…
Article: 21.12.11 Integrating Mental Health Funding This essay argues that the integration of social care and healthcare funding in Mental Health is still a priority and…
Article: 20.12.11 Individual Health Budgets Pilot Begins Beyond Limits and NHS Plymouth are piloting an exciting model of service delivery to ensure that people with…
Article: 19.12.11 Self-Determination Doesn't End as We Age Terry Lynch on growing older and maintaining dignity and self-determination through independent living.
Article: 15.12.11 Personalisation in a Time of Cuts Lawyer Kate Whittaker describes the conflict between the current drive to cut social care spending in the UK and the…
Article: 14.12.11 Flexible Funding Routes in Further Education Fellow Pippa Murray explains the funding routes that will allow for the development of more personalised and flexible…
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