Author: Lisa Richardson
Resources to support safer modification of food and drink
A resource alert has been issued to eliminate use of the imprecise term ‘soft diet’ and assist providers with safe transition to the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) framework, which introduces standard terminology to describe texture modification for food and drink.
SCIE: Named Social Worker programme webinar recording
Webinar discussing learning from the Named Social Worker programme. The difference the model makes for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs. Participants include Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker, Tony Hunter, Chief Executive, SCIE, and teams from Halton and Liverpool who delivered the pilots.
Skills for Care: updated ‘Culture for care’ toolkit
The updated ‘Culture for care toolkit’ to help you develop a positive culture in your workplace. It has updated guidance and activities to help.
Pay more attention
A a group of researchers and healthcare professionals from different backgrounds with a shared interest in improving the way in which hospital care is delivered to and experienced by children and young people with long-term conditions, both with and without learning disabilities. Pay more attention wants to identify whether all children and young people receive equal access to high quality hospital care and if not, why not. By ‘Paying More Attention’ to the needs of our most vulnerable children and young people we will help get it right for all.