SCIE media releases 2008

Assessing innovation is essential to care and support debate

12 May 2008

Responding to the Government’s announcement of a debate on the future shape of care and support services, Allan Bowman, chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), said:

“Strengthening the evidence about what really supports people’s independence is essential to this debate. SCIE agrees that, despite colossal efforts by social care workers, the current system is unsustainable. We are therefore developing a new method that will help to gather knowledge about innovative and promising approaches, not just about what has worked in the past.

“SCIE welcomes the debate on the future shape of services and will take an active part in the consultation process.”

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Iris Steen | Director of Communications | T: 020 7089 7122 | M: 07885 736 643 | Email: iris.steen@scie.org.uk