That was the week that was MIRID update 6 -12 October
Here’s the latest adult social care weekly update brought to you from Making it Real in Dudley.
Local news
Local events
- FREE ‘Care Act in a nutshell’ themed awareness workshops (x9)for staff, stakeholders and local peopl Oct – Nov*
- Walk works – Free mental wellbeing walkshops along the Dudley Canal every Thursday in October
- Rethink Caring and Coping 10 week Course – starts 31 October for carers of people with mental health*
- Omega care for life -free genealogy workshops 31 Oct & 28 November – Dudley Archives*
- Dudley Carers Forum: Free World War Remembrance Party 5 November*
- Woodside Craft evening 11 November – a survivors and carers event
- Selfcare Week 2014 17 – 23 November*
National news
- Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England – The Barker Report*
- Report from Greener Journeys: The costs and benefits of concessionary bus travel for older and disabled people in Britain
- The Commission on Residential Care -A vision for care fit for the twenty-first century…*
- Carers at breaking point – a Carers UK report*
- Carers Social Action Fund*
- Getting ready for ageing: a manifesto for action – Ready for Ageing Alliance
National events
- National Dignity Conference 14 October 2014*
- Fit for the future: leading the way in health and care – Social Enterprise UK health conference 21 October 2014, London
- Shaping the future workforce to support new models of care Kings Fund Conference 22 October, London
- National Carers Summit -13 November, London*The Kings Fund Annual Conference – 14 November
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