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1. Another ramble about consulting care experienced people. I'm supporting the @ourcareoursay team to get the views of care experienced people as in the public domain & shared with the

1. I look out my window & it has finally stopped raining. It has been grim, roads flooded, cold, but I have been warm & dry inside. I look again

1. Just reflecting on something I was told earlier this week. It seems DfE say the care review will be shorter & less wide ranging than the Scottish care review

I recognise that for years I have been wasting my time trying to get Whitehall & the care industry to see the care experience as a single continuous experience that

1. One of the few advantages of being older is the capacity to look back at earlier times & compare. In my case to look back at care, the care

1. Thanks to @lemnsissay for reminding me of something that oddly I never forgot. I watched his programme on BBC last night from the position of an insider, knowing more

1. I'm fascinated by the disconnect in understanding & communication between care experienced people, speaking on here of the real issues they have faced through life, & professionals in the

1. I have no link with, nor am I sponsored or supported by any group, business or charity to take a particular point of view. My focus is always to

1. Webinarhttp://digitalmedia.sheffield.ac.uk @CareOutcomes @robin_23_99 @Kathy_CEO_CE. Hi Robin! Just listened to the webinar. Thanks for sharing. Many interesting points. I echo the call for transparency, openness, accountability (

1. 12 months today since the conference for care experienced people @careexpconf. A truly wonderful & for some life changing event that enabled so many care experienced folk of all

Lament to care1.They didn't ask where I wanted to live when they took me into care. They didn't ask when they moved me on, from here, to there, to where?I

1. So distressing to read of care experienced people, most young but some not so young, struggling with loneliness, isolation, poverty, & more during #Covid19uk. This curse is causing so