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DoLS Leads

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The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) procedure is designed to protect the rights of someone where the care or treatment received in a hospital or care home means they are, or may become, deprived of their liberty, and they lack mental capacity to consent to those arrangements. Lorraine Currie, WM ADASS Associate, supports the region's DoLS

Plan 2023-24

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As social care leaders, we have a duty to care for, and support, every member of society. In the West Midlands. Our vision is for: sustainable social care and health systems providing better care and support, independence and social justice thriving local communities and economies that support a sustainable care market and workforce an effective…

Plan 2022-23 - 'We said we did'

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We made the following progress against our published plan for 2022-23: Contributed significantly to national ADASS & LGA sector-led improvement and ASC reform offers, tools and resources Co-ordinated approach to rapid interpretation & implementation of key guidance (especially the reform agenda), the escalation of key issues nationally and sharing…

Improvement

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We aim to have the best regional improvement programme for adult social care in England. We are using challenge, collaboration and intelligence to work across the sector to make things better for our organisations and clients, to seek out innovation and to speak up for the profession. This involves us in: Using networks to share ideas and new ways…

Performance and knowledge

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WM ADASS has a long-established Performance and Knowledge Network. The network includes adult social care performance leads from each of our 14 councils along with representation from key data partners. Harnessing the power of data: how social care analysts are using Power BI to make a difference Read the blog by WM-ADASS Associate Ross Bailey, who

Data hub

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The Data Hub is an interactive, online tool available to managers and decision-makers in WM ADASS councils and their partners. It provides public data on local population needs, the care market, adult social care performance, workforce numbers, pay and conditions, and care expediture of local authorities. Other key information, for example public…

Developing a research culture

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About the West Midlands ADASS research programme WM ADASS has been working with the National Institute of Health and Social Care Research and the University of Birmingham on a programme to develop a sustainable research culture and infrastructure for adult social care in across the West Midlands. The Department for Health and Social Care and the

My home, my care, my way conference provides briefing on housing opportunities

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Last month we joined up with @TSA, @Housing LIN and @TLAP to stage the conference My home, my care, my way. Opportunities arising from the social care reform white paper People at the Heart of Care were central to discussions amongst a diverse audience of housing, social care and technology professionals, alongside people with lived experience and