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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's director of health and social care discusses meetings, jargon and change Describe your role in one sentence: Over the years it's been one of a midwife – bringing new initiatives into the world of Nice . At the moment this includes establishing Nice's new social care programme, and supporting new work to encourage the use of Nice recommended technologies. Why did you want to work in healthcare? Quite simply, I wanted to do something useful for the world, and studying medicine seemed a good starting place. How do you want to see...

A report shows how stretched resources can be made to go further when health, housing and social care services collaborate For Bruce Wall, it's not about the money, it's about having his own life back. Wall, who is tetraplegic after a serious motorcycle accident nearly 20 years ago, says moving into his own adapted home managed by the Papworth Trust , a disability charity and specialist housing and support provider, has given him the independence he craves as well as access to the tailored-care package he requires. "I have been able to get on with things instead of feeling sorry for...

Join us from noon on Wednesday 18 April until 2pm to discuss how we can improve services for people with dementia When the prime minister, David Cameron, launched his national challenge on dementia last month, he promised to more than double research funding to £66m by 2015m. He also announced that a national screening process will be rolled out across all GP surgeries to check for early signs of dementia in people aged between 40 and 74. People over 75 who are admitted to hospital will be referred to a psychiatrist if thought to be at risk, and hospitals will earn bonuses for correctly referring...