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• Remaking the future of social care and personalisation: Listen to what people say

  by Peter Beresford There's a simple truth emerging about the future of social work and social care. As service users, practitioners and carers, people clearly want the greater choice and control that 'personalisation' promises to offer. Well... Posted Sep 26 2008, 12:14 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog Filed under: social care, Peter Beresford, service users, Personalisation, practice, Commission

• Social Work And Social Care: Time to learn something from the Olympic spirit?

  by Peter Beresford I never expected to hear myself say it, but the Beijing Olympics have given me a whole new sense of proportion. Suddenly I feel I have a proper perspective on issues of social care and human needs. Read More... Posted Aug 27 2008, 12:43 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog Filed under: social care, Peter Beresford, social work, Mental Health, Poverty, olympic games, paralympics

• Social Work Practice, 'Place-Shaping' And Some Worrying Contradictions

  by Peter Beresford Holidays are with us again and for me it's back to the South Norfolk coast and the joys of Hemsby, Scratby, Caister and Great Yarmouth. But somehow as you'll see, switching off social work and social care is never easy. Read... Posted Aug 11 2008, 03:48 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog Filed under: social care, Peter Beresford, Public Policy, place-shaping

• Social Care and NHS Reform: Good practice, bad management and old motorcycles

  by Peter Beresford It's a long way from old British motorbikes to social care and the National Health Service - or is it? This is the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the NHS, the organisation that proved there is an alternative to people only... Posted Jun 30 2008, 01:56 PM by The Social Care Experts Blog Filed under: Health, social care, motorbikes, Peter Beresford, nhs reform