by Alison Seabrooke | Sep 2, 2015 | Guest blog
People-centred policies The first 100 days of the new Parliament passed by quietly in mid-August. In this short time, the new Government has generated a variety of policy updates that have hit the headlines. From reforming the NHS, improving social care and shaking up...
by Alison Seabrooke | Aug 11, 2015 | CDF
As public finances shrink beyond recognition, local decision-making increases and each sector has to prove its social purpose, many of us will need to turn our minds to how we tackle our day jobs differently. Regardless of whether this is about achieving better health...
by Alison Seabrooke | Aug 6, 2015 | Guest blog
Achieving collaborative care will be a necessary and complex trick for the NHS to pull out of the hat and yet individuals and community groups, motivated by experience, expertise and compassion have been applying this model for decades. In October 2014 the Community...
by Alison Seabrooke | May 31, 2015 | CDF
Community groups are experts about their areas; trusted by locals and committed to the individuals they serve. Put simply, community groups make life better because they are bespoke to the communities who need them. In light of the findings of our ‘Tailor-made’...
by Alison Seabrooke | Oct 30, 2014 | CDF
Over the past three weeks, CDF has had a presence at the party conferences of the three main parties: Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Whilst it would be impossible to summarise everything that was talked about, here are the three key things that I wanted...
