Mum of 4·Oct 16A Wife/Carer’s Cancer Story: When Life Was Finally Getting EasierWe finally had room to breathe. The children were growing up, the business was thriving, and our future looked bright. Then cancer arrived…
Care Quality Commission·Sep 17Closing the gap on variation in adult social care: learning from local authority assessmentsChris Badger, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, reflects on a recent parliamentary roundtable about CQC’s local authority assessment…
Deborah B. Gardner·May 17We don’t need the ‘but’.I don’t remember the first time someone said “Yeah, but you wouldn’t change him for the world, would you?”. I just know people have been…
Hold My (Sugar) Coat·May 12Words unspoken in cancer careYesterday we saw my Dad’s new oncologist. Our previous doctor was – as I’ve probably mentioned – a ray of relentless positivity. This…
Charles Ashton-Gray·May 12Care is seen as a valuable economic activityThis is the eighteenth piece in a series about the future of Adult Social Care in England.
