The young person’s guide to personal budgets gets an honourable mention in a blog post by James Sanderson, the Director of Personalisation & Choice at NHS England. “Delivering a universal culture of personalisation and choice in the NHS will only be achieved if we work together across commissioning organisations, provider trusts, the voluntary and community sector and with people themselves. We need strength in numbers to lead the charge towards patient empowerment.” Read…
As we look forward to 2016, it’s helpful to reflect on the past 12 months… Back in the spring, In Control published a report with Lancaster University using the Personal Outcome Evaluation Tool (POET) to measure the impact of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The full approach, questionnaires and findings set out an interesting picture of work to introduce the new EHCPs across 18 different…
With 2016 well underway, we thought it was time for an update on the latest POET (Personal Outcomes Evaluation Tool) findings… Adult Social Care POET: In Control are currently working with 12 local authorities to embed revised POET questions set into their IT systems and anticipate this going live in April, with the first data reporting in September. We recently provided data from POET to the National Audit Office for a parliamentary report…
Community Catalysts have released an insightful report titled ‘Choice Making Pathways In Social Care’. In view of the 2014 Care Act – meant to increase the control people have over their care – the report looks at the choices people have regarding their care, how they access key information and advice, and the obstacles many still face in selecting the care they would like. Head over to Community Catalysts to read the report. We’ve…
Yesterday the National Audit Office published their findings of a review of personalised commissioning in adult social care. The report draws on the work of In Control and in particular the data we were able to provide from our POET survey, saying: ‘…the [POET] survey provides the most detailed information about respondents’ experiences of authorities personalised commissioning processes.’ Launching the report, the NAO said: ‘The NAO believes there is a strong case for…
Disability Sheffield and NHS Personal Health Budgets (NHS PHB) have worked together to make a short film to help people understand what personal health budgets are and how you might be able to start the process of getting one. Watch ‘Samantha’s story: an introduction to Personal Health Budgets’ here.
Me My Family My Home is ambitious. It seeks to make significant improvements to the lives and support received by children, young people and their families, moving to a single ‘whole life, whole family’ approach. Funded by the Department for Education, the project focused its energies on supporting six local authorities and their partners to develop new support packages for children and young people with complex needs and complicated home lives. This group included:…
‘We are all colleagues together in a very important mission. Ultimately our goal can be nothing less than total transformation of our culture. Only when the most vulnerable of us is valued and appreciated for his or her gifts will everyone be safe and supported to be a fulfilled person. Inclusion is in the journey, not in the goal. Each step of the journey is as important as the ultimate destination.’ Judith Snow …