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This website has been designed to provide NCF members, and visitors, with information about the National Care Forum and our activities. It also has information on our member organisations and details of how you can join us and become involved in our work.

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NCF 7th Annual Conference

Innovation and improvement
...in times of change

14 - 15 April 2010, Hilton Reading

Keynote speakers include:
Tom Noon, Cordis Bright Consulting
Richard Jones, ADASS Vice President
Julie Jones, CEO, SCIE
Stuart Etherington, CEO, NCVO

Further information and reservation form

EAHSA 3rd European Conference

Towards Sustainable Elderly Care
Stockholm - 27-28 May 2010

EAHSA
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MARMOT and THE THIRD SECTOR

Addressing health inequalities together
London - 9th March 2010

MARMOT
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Best practice guidelines
for workforce development

Skills for Care seeks views from employers to ensure guidelines will be fit for purpose.
Follow this link to contribute to the consultation exercise.

National Care Forum supports
the Learning Disability Coalition

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LGA publishes 250 words the public sector shouldn’t use
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New list published of 250 words the public sector shouldn't useThe annual list of words that shouldn’t be used by the public sector to talk to people...Read Full Article

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Health Committee calls for fundamental reform
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New report identifies 20/30 year window to help low earners
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New study to drive further improvements in health care
11 March 2010
New study to drive further improvements in health care for the most vulnerable A new short study, Inclusion Health, outlines how improvements in...Read Full Article

Channel 4 News: Care Summit
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Events and Publications
of Interest to Members

NCF Personnel Statistics 2009

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Social Care Bulletin
Issue 13, January 2010

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Social Care Bulletin
Green Paper Special

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Prepared to Care

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Staff well-being in social care services & management guide and audit tool

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NCF Personnel Statistics 2008
A survey of NCF member organisations.

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National Dementia Strategy

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Qualifications and Credit Framework

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Code of Conduct for LINks visits

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Commissioning Framework for Health and Wellbeing
This framework builds on the whitepaper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say to outline the actions necessary to improve commissioning

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NCF Annual Review 2009

For a copy of the annual review contact Rose Goodman

Employer-Led Leadership and Management Development in the Social Care Sector

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