So many issues arising from this... Examining how the Care Review should work cypnow.co.uk/blogs/article/…
1. Of course professionals & care experienced people must work together towards a care review. Everybody would want that. But they must start from a position of respected equals, who have equal say, but equals who do not share the same priorities or necessarily ambition >
2. The Scottish care Review did not happen simply because Nicola Surgeon decided one day it would happen. The happened following relentless pressure over a long time from Scottish care experienced people & Who Cares? Scotland. They convinced Nicola as she will tell you herself>
3. Ofsted didn't decide that there should be more love in the care system. It came directly from care experienced people via research & strongly through the @Careexpconf conference for care experienced people. That conference stated what needs to be done in its detailed reports>
4. The recent @OurCareOurSay2 survey & webinar has again identified issues for the review which will be shared in detail in due course & shared with the incoming Chair. Care experienced people are not sitting back & waiting for the Review to happen>
5. It has to be acknowledged that whereas the care sector, care professionals & the care experienced community all have valid contributions to make to Review, they are not necessarily the same. What the care industry seeks will differ from those who use it>
6. The care experienced community have spent years trying to be heard. They have not sat back & been silent. The recent recommendations & "asks" from the Care Experienced Conference passed unremarked by govt, DfE, the care industry & its spokespeople.>
7. Yes, the care industry, social care professionals need to work in tandem. But they are not the same entity. It's vital the Review listens directly to care experienced people. So far, they have been invisible when it came to being consulted as others presumed to speak for them>
8. I would ask the incoming Chair to study the CareExpConf reports & the @OurCareOurSay2 findings. Look at research. Then set up mechanisms to consult the care community directly. Professionals will speak for professionals. Let the care experienced community speak for itself.
9. I personally would be uneasy with a coalition of care providers, care professionals & care experienced people seeking to offer a common view that doesn't exist.They're all different players with different needs & aspirations. Start from that & build a new system based on that
10. Just as a reminder - Far from sitting back silently, the conference for care experienced people @careexpconf identified what needed to come out of the Care Review last April. Govt, DfE & the care sector never responded >
11. And finally, the Pledge for LAs of things care experienced people at @Careexpconf wanted to see from care. Top of the list - love. So important that this & other contributions from the care experienced community are noted. They have never sat back silently, just been ignored.

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