http://www.communitycare.co.uken-gbFri, 16 May 2008 13:36:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108224/the-essential-drug-service-manager.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108224/the-essential-drug-service-manager.htmlThis book is one of the titles from the essential series, written by experienced professionals.Fri, 16 May 2008 13:36:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/08/105464/mental-health.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/08/105464/mental-health.htmlPractice sectionThu, 08 May 2008 08:23:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/08/108105/excellence-network-teams-use-early-intervention.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/08/108105/excellence-network-teams-use-early-intervention.htmlWelcome to the Excellence Network, Community Care's new honours programme which recognises innovative...Thu, 08 May 2008 07:47:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/07/108107/early-risers.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/07/108107/early-risers.htmlWelcome to The Excellence Network, Community Care's new honours programme which recognises innovative and impressive practice and shares it with social care. We have been looking for teams that are passionate and committed and have implemented progressive ways of working. Today we reveal the teams our judges felt showed excellence in our final category, early intervention. The five teams have used preventive methods to improve users' lives immeasurably. The learning points from these teams and projects - and those from the other categories in partnership working user involvement/inclusion self-directed care/independent living and training/development - can be accessed through our free good practice database at www.communitycare.co.uk/Practices/Search.aspx On this page, James Blewett looks at the effectiveness of early intervention and prevention while, opposite, Rowenna Davis examines the honoured teams' work Wed, 07 May 2008 16:30:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/17/105460/learning-disabilities.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/17/105460/learning-disabilities.htmlPractice sectionThu, 17 Apr 2008 09:21:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/16/107920/the-excellence-networks-top-user-involvement-teams.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/16/107920/the-excellence-networks-top-user-involvement-teams.htmlWelcome to the Excellence Network, Community Care's new honours programme which recognises innovative and impressive practice and shares it with the whole of social care. We have been looking for teams that are passionate and committed and have implemented progressive ways of working. Today we can reveal the teams our judges felt demonstrated real excellence in user involvement. The five teams described over the following two pages have put users at the centre of their services. Over the next three weeks, we will be covering honoured teams in the categories of self-directed care, early intervention and training and development. All the learning points from these teams and projects - and from many more - can be accessed through our free good practice database available online at www.communitycare.co.uk/Practices/Search.aspx On this page, Peter Beresford describes what involvement entails, while, opposite, Rowenna Davis examines the honoured teams' work Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:21:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/09/107851/the-excellence-network-partnership-working-winners.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/09/107851/the-excellence-network-partnership-working-winners.htmlOver the next five issues of Community Care we will be presenting the top teams in each category of The Excellence Network. This week we look at the Partnership Working category. Rowenna Davis reports Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:23:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/31/107750/disabled-punk-band-heavy-load-fights-for-service-users-rights.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/31/107750/disabled-punk-band-heavy-load-fights-for-service-users-rights.html Heavy Load band members live two very different lifestyles: by day it's work placements, day centres, and social work appointments by night it's rock'n'roll,...Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:13:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/26/107726/darzi-government-rethinking-private-care-human-rights-exemption.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/26/107726/darzi-government-rethinking-private-care-human-rights-exemption.htmlHealth minister Lord Darzi has said that the government will reconsider campaigners' calls for it to extend the Human Rights Act 1998 to independent sector care providers through current legislation.Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:46:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/26/107697/direct-payments-and-mental-capacity.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/26/107697/direct-payments-and-mental-capacity.htmlDraft legislation aims to allow third parties to receive direct payments to purchase services for those unable to give consent, says Ed MitchellWed, 26 Mar 2008 08:46:00 GMT