Useful links

  • Walk a mile in my shoes - Scrutiny of dignity and respect for individuals in health and social care services: a guide
    This guide is intended to assist local authority Overview and Scrutiny Committees in reflecting dignity issues throughout their work. This document is available to download from the The Centre for Public...
  • Independent Living and Older People Resource website
    This is a one-stop information resource for commissioners, transformation programme leads and other professionals working to embed Independent Living at the strategic level. Independent Living means...
  • Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
    SCIE's mission is to identify and spread knowledge about good practice to the large and diverse social care workforce and support the delivery of transformed, personalised social care services.
  • Care Quality Commission
    The Care Quality Commission will regulate and improve the quality of health and social care and look after the interests of people detained under the Mental Health Act.
  • The Alzheimer's Society
    The Alzheimer's Society is the UK's leading care and research charity for people with dementia, their families and carers.
  • Turning Point
    Turning Point is a social care organisation providing services for people with complex needs, including those affected by drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems & learning disabilities
  • Carers UK
    Charity Carers UK is the national voice of carers. They fight for recognition of the value of carers' contribution to society and for carers to get practical, financial and emotional support.
  • Princess Royal Trust For Carers
    The Princess Royal Trust for Carers is a UK-wide network of Carers' Centres supporting 400,000 unpaid family carers.
  • SANE
    SANE has three objectives: To raise awareness and respect for people with mental illness and their families, improve education and training, and secure better services.
  • Frameworks 4 Change
    Frameworks 4 Change creates togetherness in the lives of people who are too often kept separate. They work adults with learning disabilities and older people and people with mental health issues.
  • Department of Health
    Providing health and social care policy, guidance and publications for NHS and social care professionals
  • Carers Direct
    Part of NHS Choices, Carers Direct gives information, advice and support for carers
  • United Response
    United Response supports people with learning disabilities or mental health needs to live in the community, across England
  • United Kingdom Homecare Association Ltd (UKHCA) website
    UKHCA is the professional association of home care providers. They promote high standards of care and provide representation with policy-makers and regulators.
  • Adfam
    Leading national organisation working with and for families affected by drugs and alcohol. The website includes a directory of local support services for families.
  • Dementiaplus (Dementia Service Development Centre)
    Dementiaplus provides help for professionals working with older people who have mental health problems of any sort, to facilitate and support good practice for the benefit of patients and carers.
  • Rethink
    Rethink provides information on severe mental illness. Its aim is to work to help everyone affected by severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, to recover a better quality of life
  • National Care Forum (NCF) website
    The National Care Forum has been established to represent the interests of not-for-profit health and social care providers in the United Kingdom.
  • In Control
    In Control is a social enterprise, a charity and an independent company. Its mission is to help create a new welfare system in which everyone is in control of their lives as full citizens.
  • Direct Gov
    Government site gives overview of current benefits for Carers, as well as providing tips and advice.
  • Association for Real Change (ARC) website
    ARC - is a membership organisation, which supports providers of services to people with a learning disability to promote real change.
  • National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL)
    NCIL advises on independent living, direct payments and individual budgets for disabled people and others working in the field.
  • Making it Personal
    This is a link to a report from DEMOS which advocates a simple yet transformational approach to public services - self-directed services