Bryony Shannon
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Words that make me go hmmm: Safe
There are 416 references to ‘safe’ / ‘safety’ / ‘safeguarding’ in the Care Act 2014 statutory…
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How to be human
“We can talk about inclusion. We can talk about diversity. But what we really need to…
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Human
I talk and write a lot about seeing people as human beings, about being human, and…
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Workforce
‘Workforce’ is another term that dominates the narrative of social care. So, let’s unpick this a…
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Purpose
The dictionary definition of ‘purpose’ is “the reason for which something is done or created or…
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‘Professional’ language
“Practitioners use language as a way of creating distance. Occasionally this may arise from lack of…
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Words that make me go hmmm: Patient
While ‘service user’, ‘customer’ and ‘client’ are still ubiquitously used to describe people’s relationship with social…
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Words that make us go hmmm: discharge
There are some words that automatically make me go hmmm, and several that really make me…
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Co-production: words that make me go hmmm…
Co-production is the word of the moment in local authorities, largely because the Care Quality Commission…
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Rights
“Quite simply we cannot hope to improve people’s health and wellbeing if we are not ensuring…
