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'.

Fran Branfield

Proposal for the replacement of six residential care homes in Cumbria: A service user consultation

May 2008

This report collects the views of the residents of six residential care homes in Cumbria - the first of 33 homes that the Cumbria County Council operated to be included in the Council’s modernization plan - on the council’s proposals for change in the provision of their care services.

The House of Commons

User Involvement in Public Services – Report of the House of Commons Public Adminstration Select Committee

April 2008

This Select Committee report considers forms of user involvement in public services and explores the possibilities and implications of greater user involvement.