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Passionate about social care, mental health, delivering joined up care close to home and prevention. Chair of SCIE, NHS Hertfordshire & West Essex ICB and the charity St Andrews Healthcare.

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10 Year Health Plan Event | The King's Fund Join us at our event in September where we'll delve into the choices and actions needed to make the 10 Year Health Plan a reality. Book your ticket today.

Iโ€™m looking forward to taking part in the @thekingsfund.bsky.social in person event on 9th September: 10 Year Health Plan - what bold choices and actions are needed now to deliver transformational change www.kingsfund.org.uk/events/ten-y...

11.08.2025 10:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Breaking the social care reform logjam | Letters Letter: Cross-party buy-in is essential. This cannot be a government-only solution, says Paul Burstow

My thoughts on breaking the logjam in social care. @theguardian.com letters. @scie.org.uk www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

21.12.2024 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Huge congratulations to @scie.org.uk Chief Executive Kathryn Smith on her recognition for her services to social care in the New Yearโ€™s Honours list. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/676a8b...

31.12.2024 09:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Breaking the social care reform logjam | Letters Letter: Cross-party buy-in is essential. This cannot be a government-only solution, says Paul Burstow

My thoughts on breaking the logjam in social care. @theguardian.com letters. @scie.org.uk www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

21.12.2024 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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SCIE Responds to ยฃ22.6m Accelerating Reform Fund Boost Press release: SCIE supports the ยฃ22.6m Accelerating Reform Fund, helping local areas innovate in adult social care. Projects focus on unpaid carers, early support, and digital tools to improve care d...

The Minister of State for Care, Stephen Kinnock, announced a ยฃ22.6 million boost to the Accelerating Reform Fund (ARF) at NCASC this afternoon.

Read our full response, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Smith, here: www.scie.org.uk/news/detail/...

28.11.2024 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unpaid carers supported by ยฃ22.6 million investment in innovation ยฃ22.6 million invested in innovative projects across the country to support unpaid carers as well as people with care needs.

This looks like minister Kinnockโ€™s โ€˜bigโ€™ announcement in his speech to #ncasc24 this afternoon. ยฃ22 million. www.gov.uk/government/n...

28.11.2024 13:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Areas discussed included: co-production; changing demography; workforce and unpaid carers; national care standards; upstream prevention; mental health; the interconnectedness of health and social care services; national insurance changes; and technology and AI. 3/3

28.11.2024 13:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Social care commissions: looking back to move forward Adult social care in England desperately needs reform and investment. We look back at the approaches and proposals of previous similar reviews.

Good question at #ncasc24 on the value of yet another review/commission on #socialcare. Hereโ€™s a briefing, with @HealthFdn colleagues www.health.org.uk/publications...

28.11.2024 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SCIE responds to older peopleโ€™s housing taskforce report Press release: SCIE's Kathryn Smith responds to the Older Peopleโ€™s Housing Taskforce report, stressing the importance of accessible, quality housing to support wellbeing and community for an ageing po...

Theย final report of the Older Peopleโ€™s Housing Taskforceโ€”โ€˜Our future homes: Housing that promotes wellbeing and community for an ageing populationโ€™โ€”was published on Tuesday.

Read our full response, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Smith, here: www.scie.org.uk/news/detail/...

28.11.2024 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SCIE and Agilisys hosted an informative session tonight to launch their partnership. The panel explored how we can help you to adopt #GenAl, demonstrated how itโ€™s improving productivity for local authorities, and highlighted the Accelerating Reform Fund projects using digital tools๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ“Š

27.11.2024 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“…The first day of #NCASC is complete๐Ÿ“…
Thank you to everyone who visited our Exhibition Stand and attended our lunchtime chats with Partners in Care and Health.
We thoroughly enjoyed connecting with colleagues from across the sector to discuss digital innovation and GenAI.

27.11.2024 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Adult social care in three charts - demand rising, financial envelope shrinking, why reform and innovation are essential. #NCASC24 @scie.org.uk

28.11.2024 09:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Together, SCIE and Agilisys are launching a partnership at #NCASC designed to help social care organisations embrace and adopt Generative Artificial Intelligence (#GenAI).

Listen to what our Chief Executive, Kathryn Smith, has to say about the partnership and why it is important in this video๐ŸŽฌ

27.11.2024 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Attending the @scie.org.uk /Agilisys partnership launch event at NCASC this evening. Discussing the current uses and opportunities of GeneratIve AI in social care

27.11.2024 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œEverything we do is about how we work in partnerships to improve social care.โ€

In this video, Claire Grindal, SCIEโ€™s Head of Marketing and Communications, discusses why SCIE is at #NCASC and the potential benefits of #DigitalInnovation.

Come to our Exhibition Stand (F10) to learn more.

27.11.2024 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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