Rethinking social care – fixing our broken health and care system
April 2022
Here is the Shaping Our Lives statement on health and social care - what needs to be done to fix a broken system.
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Peter Beresford and Colin Slasberg
The social care white paper – Rehashing the glossy brochure with zero change
December 2021
In this article, Peter Beresford and Colin Slasberg critique the latest social care white paper.
Peter Beresford and Colin Slasberg
A New Equalities and Human Rights Commission Report – Harbinger of an Authentic 1948 Moment for Social Care
June 2021
This article was written in response to the The Equalities and Human Rights Commission document regarding Independent Living.
Becki Meakin and Jurgen Grotz
Throwing away the rulebook: Five things you should consider when planning interactive online events, to make them more inclusive.
July 2020
Practical ideas and examples to make online meetings more accessible.
Peter Beresford
Take nothing for granted about volunteering – Volunteering and Ideology event blog post and videos
In this blog post, Peter Beresford, chair of the event, highlights some of the key discussions that took place around volunteering - how do people understand and define volunteering, and what is its impact on volunteers and those they work with.
Peter Beresford, Mark Harrison
Problems with development – beyond the OXFAM crisis
September 2020
This blog looks at the failures of outsourcing service delivery to international non-governmental organisations internationally and to private businesses at home in the UK.
Becki Meakin and Sarah Yiannoullou
The Future of User-led Organisations Event Summary
May 2020
These notes summarise an event to create dialogue between user-led organisations and funders about these issues.
Becki Meakin and Sarah yiannoullou
The Future of User Led Organisations Briefing
May 2019
This paper sets out the issues fuelling the crisis facing user-led organisations in the hope of prompting positive discussion about potential solutions.
Becki Meakin
Special Care Dentistry Focus Group Report
April 2019
These notes document a focus group event held in April 2019, which heard from Disabled people about how special care dental services could be redesigned to work better for patients.
Peter Beresford
From a system of social care in crisis, to a support for independent living and a creative economy
November 2018
Transcript of a presentation given by Peter Beresford at the November 2018 Reclaim Social Care Conference, discussing the failings of the UK's social care system and pointing to new models of support.
Peter Beresford, Mark Harrison
Social care is broken beyond repair – so what should replace it?
November 2017
This blog outlines the dire condition of social care provision in England and Wales and advocates for the establishment of a right to independent living and a universal national independent living service as potential solutions.
Peter Beresford
Personal Budgets in Social Care inquiry
March 2016
This document outlines Shaping Our Lives' written evidence given to the Committee of Public Accounts on the use of personal budgets in social care.
Peter Beresford
Valuing direct experience: a basis for renewing research
June 2013
This paper explores first hand experience and its potential role and central importance in the construction of knowledge.
Peter Beresford, Vicky Nicholls, Michael Turner
Examples Of User Controlled Research
2009
This review summarises examples of user-controlled research circa 2009, with the aim of facilitating a better national understanding of the diverse nature of user-controlled research projects concerning health and social care research in England.
Peter Beresford
What future for care?
September 2008
This paper explores a new conceptual framework for care built on the idea of person-centred support, or 'personalisation'.
Commission for Social Care Inspection
Benefit barriers to involvement: finding solutions
October 2007
This report outlines the key themes from a 2007 seminar on the benefit barriers to involvement - that is, the ways in which the current benefit system discourages or prevents people in receipt of benefits from getting involved.
Peter Beresford
The Changing Roles and Tasks Of Social Work From Service Users’ Perspectives
March 2007
This paper provides collects the views of service users about social work roles and tasks.
Fran Branfield, Peter Beresford, Enid Levin
Common Aims: A strategy to support service user involvement in social work education
February 2007
This paper explores how service user and care organisations can develop their involvement in the undergraduate and post graduate social work degree and drawing on successes of the first two years, identifying existing barriers to successful partnership and possible ways forward.
Fran Branfield, Peter Beresford
The Green Paper on Adult Social Care: Independence, Well-being and Choice – A Service User Consultation
July 2005
This report brings together service users' views on the government's green paper on adult social care, Independence, Well-being and Choice.