Spotlight on Health & Social Care
We’ll keep this page updated with information, statements and learning content around local public health and adult social care reform, as we work to strengthen the sector following the challenges and opportunities highlighted by Covid-19.
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Public Health Panel Session
Virtual Learning Week
In this session, Policy Lead for Health & Social Care and Chief Executive of the London Borough of Ealing Council, Paul Najsarek chairs a conversation with panellists, Dr Ruth Bromley, GP & Lead for Ethics & Law at Manchester Medical School and Anna Dixon, Chief Executive of The Centre for Ageing Better at our Virtual Learning Week 2020.
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Public Health Session
Virtual Learning Week
In this video, our expert panel come together to discuss the important subject of Public Health in October 2020, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hear from: Dwayne Johnson, Chief Executive at Sefton Borough Council, Jim McManus, Director of Public Health at Hertfordshire County Council, Professor Kate Arden, Director of Public Health at Wigan Council and Tim Pope, Managing Consultant at PA Consulting.
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West Yorkshire & Harrogate Health Care Partnership Review
‘West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health Care Partnership Review Report: Tackling health inequalities for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities and colleagues’
COVID-19 has highlighted health inequalities faced by Black Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities and our colleagues, and the impact of the pandemic of systemic racism on people’s lives.
The West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership recognised the opportunity to address these issues, establishing a commission independently chaired by Professor Dame Donna Kinnair, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, a leading figure in national health and care policy.
The review has been co-produced by leaders from NHS, local government and the VCS; informed by the voices of those with lived experience. The final report is launched late October 2020, and this session presents a one off opportunity to hear from those involved about its findings and ask them questions about its impact and what next.
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Social Care Panel Session
Virtual Learning Week
Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE, Warden of Nuffield College Oxford and Chair of the Geospatial Commission; Paul Nasarjek, Chief Executive of the London Borough of Ealing
Looking through the prism of social care, our speakers will answer two simple questions: What should, and what will happen in our local communities and places following this year’s transformational crisis.
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Public Health Main Plenary
Virtual Learning Week
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Public Health Session
Virtual Learning Week
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West Yorkshire & Harrogate Health Care Partnership Review
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Social Care Panel Session
Virtual Learning Week
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Improving prevention outcomes through a place-based approach
25th March 2021
by Professor Viv Bennett, Chief Nurse, Director Maternity and Early Years at Public Health England
Why I turned my annual public health report into a graphic novel
31th January 2021
by Anna Hartley, Director of Public Health at Wakefield Council
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Solace Statement on the Refreshed Contain Framework
March 2021
The Department for Health & Social Care has today published its refreshed Contain Framework for local authorities. Paul Najsarek, Solace spokesperson for Health & Social Care, said: “Councils have played a crucial part throughout the pandemic response, and they will be vital to the recovery that follows. [...]
Solace's Response to the Health White Paper
February 2021
Paul Najsarek, Solace spokesperson for Health & Social Care, said: “A move to strengthen the ways in which local authorities and the NHS work together is to be welcomed. It is only through genuine partnership working that we will be able to collectively deliver better outcomes for our residents, and these proposals provide a platform […]
Solace's Statement on Public Health Functions
February 2021
Paul Najsarek, Solace spokesperson for Health & Social Care, said: “Local government working in close partnership with our health partners has been a cornerstone of the pandemic response – neither of us can do it on our own, and each offer our unique strengths; councils leading on population health and the NHS treating illness. “Local […]