Associate Prof in Disability, Care and Justice. Bristol University, Policy Studies. Social care, social work, disability, legal capacity and human rights.
Sep 19 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Reading the interim Dash review into CQC's performance, noting that some places haven't been inspected for a decade... gov.uk/government/pub…
A brief history lesson: When the NCSC and CSCI were set up as the first social care regulators since 1959, they had a statutory obligation to inspect registered settings TWICE a year!
Jun 6, 2019 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
I think it's fair to say that Lord Sumption and I occupy pretty distinct places on the economic and political spectrum. I for one wouldn't describe an academic's salary as being equivalent to being broke (unless you're hourly paid, in which case fair enough), however...
His fascinating Reith Lecture on 'Law's Expanding Empire' did resonate for me with a pattern we are seeing under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Mar 21, 2019 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
I went to the @britishlibrary yesterday to look at some market reports on mental health and social care, to gather data for a book I'm writing. I can't stop thinking about them.
It was like listening at the keyhole to a conversation you weren't supposed to hear. The reports are (I assume) aimed at investors. If I were an investor I would definitely want a copy, they are extraordinarily detailed descriptions of the care 'market'.
