by Chris Maxsted | May 16, 2023 | Adult social care, Health, Local government transformation
Earlier this month I was invited to join a panel at the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) Spring Seminar to share insights on ‘How to influence central government’. Almost exactly one year after leaving HM Treasury to join IMPOWER, this was a...
by Joanna Dufton | May 11, 2023 | Adult social care, Being IMPOWER, Health, Local government transformation
The consensus from our workshop about the ingredients required to deliver on ambition for social care was clear. It was great to connect with colleagues old and new at the Association of Directors Adult Social Services (ADASS) Spring Seminar at the end of April, and...
by Deborah Crossan | Apr 5, 2023 | Adult social care, Health
This week, the Department of Health and Social Care published ‘Next steps to put People at the Heart of Care’. The update has left many in the sector feeling frustrated and disappointed, particularly with £600m of £1.7bn of funding for improvement...
by James Swaffield | Apr 5, 2023 | Adult social care, Being IMPOWER, Health, Local government transformation
We are pleased to see three key themes coming through loud and clear in the Hewitt Review. Yesterday the Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt published her independent review of integrated care systems – the Hewitt Review. Its recommendations – while acknowledging that there won’t...
by Martin Ellender | Jan 16, 2023 | Adult social care, Local government transformation
In my previous blog I offered to share a long list of savings ideas collated from our clients, and shared IMPOWER’s greatest hits for sustainable cost reduction. I also said that ambition, grip and execution (and not ideas) are the real challenges in delivering these....
by Samantha Ingamells | Dec 19, 2022 | Adult social care, Being IMPOWER, Health
Find out who has inspired me this year…. Nikki Pownall is the System Flow Director in Lincolnshire, and in my opinion has been a hero for the patients and staff here. Through the (large and daily) challenges posed by the current health and social care...
