Intro Series No.4: Getting hands on with the biggest topics

2 October 2019

Let's #CoproduceCare - Democratising the care debate & uncovering the hidden opportunities for people-led coproduced care.

This series of blogs will explain what coproduction is, what Coproduce Care plans to do and to explore good examples of coproduction. In blog 1 we aimed to define coproduction, blog 2 aimed to give a taster of some good moves being made by organisations to promote coproduction. Blog 3 provided a starter coproduction reading list. This, the last of our series of introductory blogs, will set out a list of the most important topics for Coproduce Care to focus on in widening the care debate.

Coproduce Care – what should we discuss?

If you’ve read our blogs, popped onto our website or had a chance to engage with our YouTube videos, you may have got the sense that Coproduce Care is passionate about opening up the care debate, democratising health and social care law and policy decision-making and supporting people to have their voices heard by health and social care leaders.

One of the ways we hope to do that is to focus on certain topics rarely discussed in any depth in regular media. Whilst our parliament is tied up in Brexit Bonanza, we’d like you to help choose themes to focus on in the health and social care debate. We have come up with some of the biggest topics we work around and would welcome ideas to add to these.

We also welcome people who we are interested in being part of a 'Coproduce Care Chat' YouTube interview, Podcast or Guest Blog, Facebook or Twitter chats and Vox Pops. This platform is for you, help make it work as well is it can.

Here is our list of themed health and social care debates. Let us know what you think...

1. Equalities and inclusion in Care

We felt it would be good to discuss how different groups who work in care are represented and supported (or not) in their careers. These include the different career experiences and desires of diverse demographics like women, men, BME, BAME, younger and older people entering and working in the healthcare sector

2. Inequalities in health and social care provision

There are some statistics that show that certain groups of people appear to be over or under represented in care services, such as black men in mental health hospitals across certain areas of the country. Other signs of inequality might include how the Solami community are worked with to engage with Autism as a condition or how black carers or the travelling community are supported.

3. LGBTQ+ community and care

Recent research has shown that people who identify with being LGBTQ+ in any way still face discrimination in care services and in the wider community when they also have a disability.

4. Technology and Care

There is often a question of how and to what extent technology is a benefit or an intrusion into peoples lives within care. This might include Assistive Technology (AT), CCTV cameras, cybersecurity and the development and progress of the recently launched NHSX.

5. Integration

There is a recent history of examples of integration following the NHS long-term plan such as Strategic Transformation Partnerships, Primary Care Networks and the focus on integrating health and social care systems, and what this might look like in the future. We would like to open up the debate on this.

6. Disabilily Rights Law

There is a little known UN Convention on the Rights of Person’s with Disabilities which focuses on equality, autonomy and dignity (amongst other things) for persons with a disability and demands countries signed up to the convention make changes to their laws, policies and services to reflect this commitment. There is much that the UK is not doing and does not comply with this Convention in many ways. We would like to raise people’s awareness of this convention (of which Baroness Hale has been a promoter in the past) and start a professional and people’s debate on how we change the way health and are is delivered to be more in line with this.

7. Social-prescribing

Social prescribing is increasingly being discussed as a panacea to GP waiting lists and in general a way of improving health without medication. But what is it? Does it work? And who is doing it well?

8. Coproduction or Co-production

What is it? Who is doing it well and why is it important?

9. Workforce Development

With the advent of integrating health and social care, there is a renewed focus on comparing the social care workforce to that of health and how the social care workforce may (or may not) benefit from some of the standard benefits offered to staff working in NHS or health. This might include registration or training to 'professionalise' the workforce, workforce pay and benefits and changing the public perception (as promoted by mainstream media) of social care.

10. Government consultations

What are they? Who manages them? And how can the public and those involved in and effected by care, get involved in shaping health and social care law by engaging in government and policy consultations.

These are (literally) our starter for ten. Get in touch with who you think could answer some of these questions, whether we should be looking at other areas or whether you have a view on anything we’re doing.

And as always...

Join us

We will be relying on a small but dedicated team and volunteers.

So, if you would like to be involved, please get in touch at hi@coproducecare.com and help us open up the care debate, properly democratise care and please do join and share Coproduce Care:

Spread the word and uncover the hidden opportunities for people-led coproduced care

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