Local Government Chronicle
Andrew Cozens
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Boards are briefed but the task is tough
11 April 2013
The chair of the Carers Trust Andrew Cozens discusses the biggest changes to councillor responsibilities within the health sector since the 1970s -
Care quality assessment under review
21 February 2013
The chair of the Carers Trust, Andrew Cozens discusses quality ratings when it comes to social care -
Triple challenge to drive care strategy
10 January 2013
Chair of the Carers Trust Andrew Cozens discusses the Care and Support Bill and what it means for councils -
Care reform must be a postbag issue
8 November 2012
Chair of the Carers Trust, Andrew Cozens asks when will MPs start to take notice of social care -
Lessons to learn from Winterbourne
27 September 2012
The chair of the Carers Trust discusses Winterbourne View and the extra risks patients experience when they receive care far away from home -
Support carers to stay in employment
26 July 2012
Carers week this year highlighted that caring can be bad for your own health, and carers are picking up the slack as services are rationed or reduced. -
Australia takes brave lead on adult care
14 June 2012
I read some striking headlines in April about reform at last for a beleaguered social care system. Sadly it was during my recent visit to Australia. -
Care reform demands new dialogue
19 April 2012
The real challenge is the apparent lack of capacity in the system for radical change in response to new patterns of demand, better models of service, or customer insights -
Dilnot catalyst for radical reform
1 March 2012
We must beware the prevailing false choice debate which asks: given the hard times we face, into what area should we put what we can afford? -
Health watch 12 January 2012 - Andrew Cozens
12 January 2012
While New Year winds battered the UK, there was a whirlwind of activity for health and social care in England with the announcement of a £170m transfer in this financial year from Department of Health under spends to local government. -
Priorities for progress
1 December 2011
The passage of the Health and Social Care Bill through Parliament has the aura of the late Joe Frazier in the final stages of his famous win against Muhammad Ali bloodied but unbeaten -
Public health potential still shines bright
6-Oct-2011
Andrew Cozens argues that despite the challenges ahead, councils are still fired up by the potential to improve lives that that the return of public health presents -
Optimism may not be misplaced
23 June 2011
There is scope for some quiet satisfaction in local government about its influence on the deliberations of the Future Forum and the Government’s response -
Grounds for concern and optimism
19 November 2009
Predictably, there now is feverish activity to produce a white paper with specific proposals for the reform of care and support -
Sustainable solutions to social care
10 September 2009
Care users need a flexible funding system that can respond to individual needs
