Latest news

• The Annual 'Memory Walk' - Alzheimers Society
  25/07/16

  Walk together to celebrate loved ones affected by dementia and raise money.

• Travelling Fellowships - The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
  25/07/16

  2017 Travelling Fellowship categories 'Nursing & Allied Health Professions' and 'Medical Practice & Education' are open for applications.

• Celebrate your success and enter Skills for Care's Accolades awards
  25/07/16

  Skills for Care's Accolades reward adult social care organisations.

• EU referendum and social care - from SCIE
  25/07/16

  Your rights as an EU citizen to live, work or get services won't change unless or until the UK government passes new laws.

• Annual Conference Presentations
  28/03/16

  The National Conference was held on 1st February this year at The Grand Connaught Rooms in London.

  Attendees were impressed with the diversity of the presenters and a copy of each presentation can be viewed here.

• What's happening with the Forum???
  26/02/16

• New Audit Tools released
  09/02/16

  At the recent National Conference the National Dignity Council released an updated set of Audit Tools against which you can measure your own or an Organisation's performance in regard to Dignity.

• BREAKING NEWS
  05/01/16

  Following comments received from Champions on items in the last Newsletter, The National Dignity Council is pleased to announce:

• Minutes of the 2015 AGM
  24/11/15

  The start of the meeting was delayed due to travel disruption for a number of attendees. Additionally some members who had intended to attend were unable to due to the travel disruption.

• 2015 Annual Report to Council
  24/11/15

  This has been a very positive year during which we have managed to raise our profile although there is still much to do.

  The last year has seen a steady increase in the number of Dignity Champions and several organisations are continuing to use the Dignity Do's as a basis for training courses for their staff.

• Would You Know?
  09/12/14

  A series of discussion workshops across the Northwest focussing on care workers' worries when talking about abuse, starting in January 2015.

• Care Quality Commission Report 2013/14
  26/11/14

  November saw the publication of the CQC's Report into care services.

  In 2013/14 the CQC began to introduce a new, tougher approach to inspecting care services. The more rigorous, expert-led inspections are starting to give a deeper understanding of the quality of health and social care than ever before.

• Moving Into A Care Home
  18/11/14

  Preparing for a move to a care home:
  advice, suggestions and practical support

• News From Skills For Care
  31/10/14

  Skills for Care have published information around the Care Act and how providers can start to think about whether they are ready or not.

• News From Dementia Friends
  31/10/14

  Dementia Friends Champions Training. Alzheimer's Society is working with the British Standards Institution (BSI) to launch a consultation on a PAS (Publicly Available Specification).

• SCIE - Mental Capacity Act and care planning
  31/10/14

  This new SCIE report shows commissioners and providers of care how to embed the principles of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) into care and support planning.

• Action
  31/10/14

  In April this year we heard that Bedford Rowing Club was proposing to introduce rowing for disabled people.

• Dignity Action Day - Have You Got Time For Digni-Tea?
  31/10/14

  There are only 92 days to go to Dignity Action Day 2015. We will be launching our own countdown at the beginning of December, but now is the time to get planning and think about what you are going to.

• Why I Am A Dignity Champion
  31/10/14

  There are lots of reasons why people become champions, and some of these have been recorded on the website when people have signed up.

• Dignity Do's
  31/10/14

  Those of you who attended the National Conference - the report will be on the website next month, will already be aware that we have changed the Dignity Challenges to the
  Dignity Dos.