§ Phil SawfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the purposes were of the ministerial conference on 26 to 27 May on care issues; and if he will list those invited to attend. [186153]
§ Dr. LadymanCentral Government Departments are required to produce pay and workforce strategies in respect of the public services workforces that they cover. The social care workforce is covered predominantly by three Departments; the Department of Health, the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
The social care workforce conference was organised by the Department of Health to bring together stakeholders in the development of the social care workforce to share knowledge and to reflect on and 1083W inform the revision of the Department's national social care workforce strategy in relation to recruitment, development and rewards.
Over the past year, most parts of the national infrastructure that are accountable for the social care workforce have experienced significant change. In the Department of Health, a major reorganisation has created a new workforce directorate that has joined health and social care workforce development functions into new teams. Children's social care policy has moved to a new children and families directorate in the DIES and new people are engaged in taking forward the proposals in the Green Paper, Every child matters. Key
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Title First name Surname Organisation 1. Mr James Churchill ARC 2. Professor Gillian Slater Bournemouth University 3. Mr Ian Johnston British Association of Social Workers (BASW 4. Ms Julia Hurst Bupa Care Services 5. Mr Peter Ludford Bupa Care Services 6. Mr Oliver Thomas Bupa Care Services 7. Professor Peter Beresford Centre for Citizen Participation 8. Mrs Sheelagh Richards College of Occupational Therapists 9. Mr David Behan Commission for Social Care Inspection 10. Ms Denise Platt CSCI 11. Mr Paul Harper Department for Education and Skills 12. Mr Dominic Hudson Department for Education and Skills 13. Mr Tom Jeffery Department for Education and Skills 14. Ms Judy Leavesley Department of 15. Dr Jeanette Pugh Department for Education and Skills 16. Mr Steve Catling Department of Health 17. Mr Andrew Foster Department of Health 18. Dr Carol Lupton Department of health 19. Ms Anne Mercer Department of health 20. Mr Craig Muir Department of Health 21. Mr Andrew Nash Department of Health 22. Ms Melanie Newman Department of Health 23. Professor Anthony Sheehan Department of Health 24. Mr Martin Staniforth Department of health 25. Mrs Janis Stout Department of Health 26. Mr Lionel Took Department of Health 27. Ms Pat Nicholls Department of Health 28. Mrs Sue Brennan Department of Health 29. Mr Rob Webster Department of Health 30. Ms Joan Munro Employers Organisation for Local Government 31. Councillor John Stocks Employers Organisation for Local Government 32. Mr Mike Walker Employers Organisation for Local Government 33. Miss Ann Mackay English Community Care Association 34. Ms Lynne Berry General Social Care Council 35. Mr Rodney Brooke General Social Care Council 36. Mr John Sargent Greater Manchester WDC 37. Mr Andrew Crook HM Treasury 38. Miss Lucy French H M Treasury 39. Mr Nigel Druce Improvement and Development Agency 40. Professor Michael Preston-Shoot JUC-SWEC University of London 41. Mr Peter Huxley Kings College London 42. Professor Jill Manthorpe Kings College London 43. Mr Neil Dhruev Leicestershire Partnership Trust 44. Mr Vie Citarella LGA 45. Mr Tony Hunter Liverpool City Council 46. Ms Vivienne Walters Local Government Association 47. Ms Catherine Mangal Local Government Association 48. Ms Jenny Goodall London Borough of Brent 49. Ms Christine Hawes London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 50. Mr Des Kelly National Care Forum 51. Mrs Sheila Scott National Care Homes Association 52. Mrs Nadra Ahmed National Care Homes Association 53. Ms Erica De'Ath NCVCCO 54. Mr Brendan Johnston National Ireland Social Care Council 55. Ms Husna Mortuza Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 56. Mr Geoffrey Tierney Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 57. Mr Michael Leadbetter Practice Learning Taskforce regulatory institutions, the National Care Standards Commission and the Social Services Inspectorate, have merged into the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI). The proposed introduction of a sector skills council is also having an impact on the social care employers infrastructure.
The conference had the dual purpose of providing an early opportunity for the many new people to meet and share perspectives, and then to consider with the Government Ministers with central responsibilities how future strategy should be shaped and partnership managed.
Invitations were sent to the following people:
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Title First name Surname Organisation 58. Mr Frank Ursell Registered Nursing Home Association 59. Mr Alistair Gaw Scottish Executive 60. Ms Ann Christina Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority 61. Mr John Rogers Skills for Health 62. Mr Richard Clough Association 63. Ms Sheila Barrett Social Care Institute of Excellence 64. Mr Don Brand Social Care Institute of Excellence 65. Ms Jane Campbell Social Care Institute of Excellence 66. Mr Bill Kilgallon Social Care Institute of Excellence 67. Ms Sue Lightup St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council 68. Mr Richard Banks Topss England 69. Mr Arthur Keefe Topss England 70. Mrs Andrea Rowe Topss England 71. Mr Francis Ward Topss England 72. Mr Bill McClimont UK Home Care Association 73. Mrs Lesley Rimmer UK Home Care Association 74. Mr Owen Davies Unison 75. Ms Jo Goodship University of Portsmouth 76. Professor Judith Lathlean University of Southampton 77. Ms Maggie Blyth Youth Justice Board 78. Mr David Jones DfES 79. Mr David Leay NATOPSS 80. Ms Fiona Woodward Unison