Lancashire Care Association, LCA

LCA 2010

LCA's Conference and Exhibition 2010

29th April 2010 at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa, Accrington

"Personalisation, Partnership and Quality - The independent Sector: Taking a Lead"

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LCA’s Charity Gala Dinner 2010

29th April at Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa, Accrington

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Join us and speaker, Barbara Pointon MBE, for an evening of entertainment to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Society

 Watch this space for further details and updates on speakers and topics. Guest speakers include Jeff Jerome ('Dir Social Care Transformation',  Richard Jones (President, ADASS and ED Lancs County Council, Margaret Flynn (Lancs Safeguarding Board), Martin Farrow (CareWatch Care Services), Gill Bailey (Helen Sanderson Assocs), and more.

Exhibition booking form

Early Bird delegate booking form

Full details out ASAP. Queries (from delegates, exhibitors & sponsors): sarah.luton@lancashirecare.org.uk

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LCA’s profile continues to develop. Our focus is steadily moving towards a broader adult care focus, rather than solely older people – the biggest change this year being our increasing Learning Disability focus, working with LLDC colleagues on the Unified Contract and on other LD commissioning issues.

LCA represents domiciliary care as well as residential and nursing care providers.  Although our main membership is in the LCC area we have been very active in Blackpool and also have members in Blackburn with Darwen and adjoining areas (Wigan, St Helens, Cumbria and Sefton).

We continue to have a more mixed private/ voluntary sector provider profile as befits an association whose focus is on how to help good independent providers deliver quality care whatever their type and whoever they care for and support.

We are recruiting one new member every week on average.  If you are a quality provider from the private or voluntary sector, help us help you. Support us. Join us. Email: enquiries@lancashirecare.org.uk with 'Join LCA' in the message header or ring Sarah Luton on 01772 455574.

Work with Lancashire PCTs 

Regular liaison meetings have begun, during 2009, between LCA and North Lancs PCT and East Lancs PCT. We'll update you here ASAP.

'CAREFULLY' newsletter: 

Latest = Summer edition. Click on the Carefully tab to the left. Front page: "MPs expenses - The Price of Fudge". A Fair Price for Representation. A Fair Price for Care. Inside: Cornmill wins award; Social Care Partnership 'Learning Together' workshop highlights; 'Safe and Sure CRB' update, Fireco update on fire regs; forward dates, Complete Care Network note. Next edition: December 2009.

Click Here to view 'Carefully

'LCA: always innovating. JOIN US: If you are a quality provider from the private or voluntary sector, in the LCC, Blackpool or Blackburn with Darwen areas, help us help you.

Support us. Join us. Email: sarah.luton@lancashirecare.org.uk .

MEMBER BENEFITS: LCA is continuously looking out for supplier deals for members.

Click here to keep up to date.

Paul Simic, CEO

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"Learning Together" Workshops (5)

CLOSED

17 November 2009, Leyland Hotel

Programme and booking form can be downloaded here

Advance interest, email: sarah.luton@lancashirecare.org.uk or ring 01772 455574

Topics (provisional) = provider audit tool re personalisation readiness; LCC commissioning; swine flu update; (tbc) re SCIE-funded MCA Audit Tool project (NLPCT, LCC, LCA).

Keep up to date with this 5th in a series of free, half-day, joint workshops (with free lunch!!) organised by LCA for the Social Care Partnership.

Last workshop....

Pandemic Influenza Briefing
16th July 2009
The Leyland Hotel, Leyland Way, Leyland, Preston PR25 4JX

Click here to download the seminar programme and booking form [CLOSED]

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LCA Events – Safeguarding in Lancashire - Lancashire Dignity in Care Charter - - Member Benefits.

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Safeguarding in Lancashire – Everybody’s Business 

Throughout June and July LCA are conducting a telephone survey of providers across the LCC area. This is being done through the Social Care Partnership and the aims are to raise the profile of safeguarding issues with proprietors, managers and care staff, get some baseline information about awareness and training issues for care providers, and to help ensure providers have a voice in how this new challenge is managed. A sample of providers will be contacted by telephone. The findings will be reported back later in the year at events, in newsletter and from website sources.  Currently (October 2009) we are conducting a series of focus groups on Safeguarding. These are advertised as they occur. If you have any queries email paul.simic@lancashirecare.org.uk  December update: this project it at its imterim point and an interim report will be available shortly.

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LANCASHIRE 'DIGNITY IN CARE' CHARTER:

The charter has been given a major profile at both at the 'Learning Together' workshops held at Farington Lodge by LCA and LCC with the support of the Dept of Health. There's a premium in the fees' settlement linked to the signing of the Charter. We are encouraging every provider (care homes and dom care) to sign up. NB. In 2009-2010, those who don't sign up will not retain the Dignity in Care Premium 2009-2010.

To read the 'DIGNITY IN CARE' Charter, please Click Here

MEMBER BENEFITS:

LCA is continuously looking out for supplier deals for members (you must use your LCA membership number to access these benefits).

Click here to keep up to date.

HAITI DISASTER: DEC Appeal

To make it easier for the LCA members (and anyone else in the care networks in Lancashire) to contribute this appeal launched on Friday here is the link to the Disasters Emergency Committee: http://www.dec.org.uk .  The link straight through to the online donation page is https://www.donate.bt.com/dec_form_haiti.html.
 
Their website also carries this information on donating:

To make a postal donation make cheques payable to ‘DEC Haiti Earthquake’ and mail to ‘PO Box 999, London, EC3A 3AA’.
Donations can be made at any high street bank, or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449. 

The DEC consists of: Action Aid, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Help the Aged, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund, World Vision. 

The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies, or some of them, must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful, either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.
For BBC coverage and links: http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Paul Simic, CEO

Last updated: March 2010

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