Connecting Social Care & Social Media blog 2012 review

The WordPress.com stats helper prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Interesting to see the top referring site was Twitter!

Here’s an excerpt:

600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 7,800 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 13 years to get that many views.

Click here to see the complete report.

Welcome to the #socialmedia revolution with thanks to @equalman

Social media has become the number one activity on the web  so why do so few social work and care organisations  have an effective online communications and engagement strategy?

I have noticed that this powerful video from Erik Qualman @equalman author of Socialnomics which provides statistics about the global influence of social media has been shown at an increasing number of conferences recently.

If your organisation would like help in developing an online communication and digital engagement strategy which promotes innovative thinking do get in contact! @shirleyayres 

Crowdsourcing information on councils, commissioning and innovation

An interesting Twitter discussion prompted by a session at the All Change! 2012:  Reshaping Local Public Services event organised by Improvement and Efficiency East Midlands with the underlying themes of commissioning and new models of service delivery.

Community Catalysts are an innovative social enterprise working to harness the talents of people and communities to provide high quality small scale, local care and support services. @CommCats

Whose Shoes was founded by Gill Phillips who is passionate about personalisation in health and social care. Whose Shoes? is an innovative resource which engages people to deliver public services in more creative ways. @WhoseShoes

#allchange12 market position statements, telecare and much more beckons today at the ICC @IEWM_Pete @TCG_CIC #socialcare #IEWM

— Matt Bowsher (@MattBowsher1) December 7, 2012

@inglisjen @MattBowsher1 I agree we need a different focus for commissioning community wellbeing services

— Shirley Ayres (@shirleyayres) December 7, 2012

@MattBowsher1 Q for debate how many commissioners understand the difference between procurement & commissioning? #allchange12

— Shirley Ayres (@shirleyayres) December 7, 2012

@shirleyayres #solacewin hmm that's a hard one – I know a good few who *know* the difference but maybe struggle to *do* the difference!

— Community Catalysts (@CommCats) December 7, 2012

@shirleyayres #solacewin …think Leeds are doing some interesting stuff with @TheSocBiz too 🙂

— Community Catalysts (@CommCats) December 7, 2012

@shirleyayres #solacewin some of the LAs we work with are commissioning the development of the micro market (without procuring anything)…

— Community Catalysts (@CommCats) December 7, 2012

@shirleyayres #solacewin would direct you to @nottscc (stars), Newham, Dudley, Wigan, Barking, Walsall, Oldham and Herts for that…

— Community Catalysts (@CommCats) December 7, 2012

@CommCats @shirleyayres I think York is looking into procurement – making it more flexible depending on the size & nature of contract

— Rob Greenland (@TheSocBiz) December 7, 2012

@shirleyayres @thesocbiz @commcats @mickmodern NOT the LA of my new follower @sarasiobhan by sound of it! 😦 #personalisation #Innovation

— Gill Phillips (@WhoseShoes) December 7, 2012

@shirleyayres @whoseshoes @thesocbiz @commcats @mickmodern Not Oxfordshire for sure..

— Prof Ryan (@sarasiobhan) December 7, 2012

Interesting Q from @dominiccampbell – is adult #socialcare too much of a closed system unwilling to listen & learn from other sectors?

— Shirley Ayres (@shirleyayres) December 7, 2012

.@shirleyayres Definitely @LeicsCountyHall. Just entering Phase 2 of their #innovation challenge – @CommCats to blog in 2013 🙂 #socialcare

— Gill Phillips (@WhoseShoes) December 7, 2012

Feels like a lot of innovation in #localgov right now is trendy rather than focused on better cheaper services. Risky path #allchange12

— Dominic Campbell (@dominiccampbell) December 7, 2012

@shirleyayres think there's lots of innovation & progress in different aspects of #personalisation – little bits of bigger national jigsaw?

— Community Catalysts (@CommCats) December 7, 2012

RT @DrNaeemAhmed: Innovators are likely to be found on the shop floor – constrained & not incentivised for innovation. #hsjsummit

— Shirley Ayres (@shirleyayres) November 30, 2012

I always think it is amazing the information that can be collected in a a few tweets!

If your organisation would like help in developing an online survey do get in contact! @shirleyayres 

Questions for Paul Burstow MP our Xmas guest on the Disruptive Social Care podcast #deukcare

Yesterday I announced that our Xmas guest on the Disruptive Social Care podcast is the Right Hon Paul Burstow. Paul is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sutton, Cheam and Worcester Park. He  was appointed as Minister of State for Health (Care Services) in May 2010 and lost this position in the Cabinet reshuffle of September 2012. Paul is Chair of the Committee on the Draft Care and Support Bill.

I invited questions on Twitter and thanks to everyone who has already responded. I should add that this is a 25 minute interview and we will be selecting some of the questions posted below.

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@Crouchendtiger7 @shirleyayres my question for Mr B – given we know what leads 2 better outcomes 4 pb/phb but most don't do – how encourage?

— martin routledge (@mroutled) December 6, 2012

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@shirleyayres @PaulBurstow PB Why did you not follow through with the compulsory registration of #socialcare workers? #care #dementia #Alz

— Chris Edgerton LCGI (@DementiaFink) December 7, 2012

@lavinialady @shirleyayres @PaulBurstow age groups, but instead Councils have built them to mirror the existing inequity 2/2 deukcare

— Chloë Reeves (@Chl0eReeves) December 7, 2012

@shirleyayres @paulburstow what is one decision he regrets not having made as minister ?

— Richard Humphries 💚 (@RichardnotatKF) December 7, 2012

Q for @paulburstow @shirleyayres. How 2 reconcile fundamental tension between #integration & #competition? @karims3d @richardatKF #deukcare

— Gill Phillips (@WhoseShoes) December 7, 2012

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‘@shirleyayres Q for PB: Should NHS Mandate be extended by legislation to social care ie ‘Health and Care’ Mandate? Otherwise how will..

— Mike Clark (@clarkmike) December 8, 2012

‘@shirleyayres Cont..people with social care needs realistically benefit from coordinated, integrated & person-centred services & funding?

— Mike Clark (@clarkmike) December 8, 2012

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@jaxrafferty @Terryjbryan – @shirleyayres next podcast @PaulBurstow Why did you not follow through with registration of #socialcare workers?

— Chris Edgerton LCGI (@DementiaFink) December 11, 2012

Great point by @PaulBurstow on corporate accountability of those at the top, Castlebeck should be in the dock as well! #Winterbourne

— Rob Holland (@RobHoll) December 10, 2012

“Why does this government not discuss carer issues with carers or smaller carer groups and insist on only connecting with the two main carer charities? There are many carers willing to go forward and speak, like they have in the Scottish Parliament.” www.chill4us.com

“Ministers all  praise the hard work and dedication of the more that 1.5 million staff and acknowledged the importance for the quality of care and support of having a skilled and properly rewarded workforce. There has been on-going reluctance of the Governments in England to back words with action and to recognise and properly support the staff in the social care sector.  
Registration for all types of social care staff is now being introduced in other parts of the UK and the rewards are beginning to emerge as people take on responsibility for their own competence.  In England there appears to be no prospect of registration despite legislation being passed in 2000,  the general public will be shocked to understand that such staff are not required to be properly professionally registered.” Richard Banks

@shirleyayres @MindingsStu Q:What opps do HWBBs have to promote patient controlled records / #SoMe & support #selfcare #longtermconditions ?

— James Lampert (@uk_james) December 16, 2012

We are inviting people to submit questions for Paul by the 13^th December 2012. Whilst we may not be able to cover all of the questions asked in the interview we will be summarising the key themes which arise. You can tweet your questions to @shirleyayres using the hashtag #deukcare or email: shirley.ayres56@googlemail.com

And you can catch up with our previous guests on the Disruptive Social Care podcasts here!