by Daniel Lombard

Most of you would agree, I expect, that a care services minister with a caring side would be pretty apt.

Although underrated in a sector which currently favours firm steering through the choppy waters of reform, compassion is essential for all good social care leadership.

So it came as a relief that Phil Hope, the new minister of state for adult services, revealed a close empathy with professionals and families alike during one of his first speaking engagements last month.

Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-work-blog/2008/11/hope-shows-he-cares-with-digni.html