Blog
Our Partners share their experiences, insights and knowledge
Unless we change our language, we’ll never ‘make it real’
The Making It Real statements are based on principles and values of personalisation and community-based support, including the five mentioned in this blog. But unless we change the language that dominates our practice, we’ll never make these principles and values real.
The cycle of co-production
Welcome to our latest blog by Katie Clarke-Day, our Co-production and lived experience lead.
Ronald Amanze and The Photobook Project
In this interview, The Photobook Project founder, Ellie Robinson-Carter talks to Ronald about his experience of producing his own Photobook.
Co-production: representation
Katie Clarke-Day, our co-production lead, reflects on issues related to representation in co-production activities.
Personalised Care in Women’s Health Strategy
C4PC's co-production lead highlights the need to listen to women's voices when implementing the Women's Health Strategy.
Learning Disability England: Helping create a world where people with learning disabilities have equal choices and opportunities
Angela Catley, Director of Development for Community Catalysts, tells us about her appointment as a member of the Representative Body at Learning Disability England.
Primary Care Review seeks to ‘turn the NHS inside out’ – a C4PC response to the Fuller Stocktake report
C4PC Chair, Kim Ryley, comments on and summarises the Fuller Stocktake report's analysis and recommendations.
Chronic pain: how co-production could help
Today the BBC has highlighted an issue that poses huge challenges to both our NHS but also the day-to-day existence of one in four people in the population: chronic pain.
Introducing our new C4PC Programme Manager: Emma Geldart
Our new C4PC Programme Manager introduces herself and highlights her short term plans for getting to know our Partners.
The Health and Social Care White Paper- “Early promise, but could do better!”
Our Co-Chair, Kim Ryley, reflects on the new White Paper 'Health and social care integration: joining up care for people, places and populations'.
The trials and smiles of a personal budget
Iggy Patel is a voluntary independent health advocate. In his latest blog he shares his experiences of a personal budget and provides helpful tips for others.
Injecting the personal into physical activity & care
Research shows us that regular engagement in physical activity has substantial health (both physical and mental) benefits for Disabled people. Sadly, Disabled people are nowhere near as likely to be as active as non-disabled people. A recent study showed that activity levels decrease sharply the more impairments an individual has (Sport England Active Lives, 2021). Given the health inequality between Disabled and
Social Prescribing – Check your cupboards first
Iggy Patel, a voluntary independent health advocate, reflects on social prescribing, the realities of what already exists within communities and how the NHS universal personalised plan feeds into this.
Places like home
Dr Lucy Series is a Wellcome senior research fellow and lecturer in law. In this guest blog she explores the differences between care in a home or institutional setting, identifying significant implications for personalised care.
The Social Care White Paper – A promising start that needs clarity and ambition
Our Co-Chair, Kim Ryley, reflects on the Social Care Reform White Paper published last week, sharing his views about what it contains and how the Coalition for Personalised Care can help shape the future of social care
