Des Kelly
@deskellyobe.bsky.social
Chair of My Home Life Charity; formerly Executive Director of NCF … interests from social care to art to jazz + rock!
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England has tried and failed to move care out of hospital and into community settings before. What's needed to make it work this time?
We've drawn on the lessons from Ireland and Denmark's experience.
There's much to be learnt, including on funding.
Read the report 👉 buff.ly/hzWZO9W
We've drawn on the lessons from Ireland and Denmark's experience.
There's much to be learnt, including on funding.
Read the report 👉 buff.ly/hzWZO9W
September 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
England has tried and failed to move care out of hospital and into community settings before. What's needed to make it work this time?
We've drawn on the lessons from Ireland and Denmark's experience.
There's much to be learnt, including on funding.
Read the report 👉 buff.ly/hzWZO9W
We've drawn on the lessons from Ireland and Denmark's experience.
There's much to be learnt, including on funding.
Read the report 👉 buff.ly/hzWZO9W
Had a preview of this wonderful exhibition this morning and highly recommend it: www.comptonverney.org.uk/whats-on/ren...
Commodities: Sculpture and Ceramics by Renee So | Compton Verney
With 120 acres of art, nature, and creativity Compton Verney is an extraordinary place to visit; inspiration and imagination, outside and in.
www.comptonverney.org.uk
September 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Had a preview of this wonderful exhibition this morning and highly recommend it: www.comptonverney.org.uk/whats-on/ren...
Here is your chance, nominations are open: www.caremanagementmatters.co.uk/3rd-sector-c...
Nominate
Nominate now. Click here to enter somebody for the Markel 3rd Sector care Awards. View the categories and find out who can enter.
www.caremanagementmatters.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Here is your chance, nominations are open: www.caremanagementmatters.co.uk/3rd-sector-c...
Great to meet with fellow trustees for a board meeting of My Home Life Charity @myhomelifeuk.bsky.social
at @citystgeorges.bsky.social
at @citystgeorges.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Great to meet with fellow trustees for a board meeting of My Home Life Charity @myhomelifeuk.bsky.social
at @citystgeorges.bsky.social
at @citystgeorges.bsky.social
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💜 It’s been a week-long celebration of the skill, empathy and dedication care workers bring every day. Head over to our blog to read stories celebrating the impact of care workers:
🔗 myhomelife.org.uk/professional-care-workers-week-celebrating-the-skills-and-stories-of-our-care-workforce
🔗 myhomelife.org.uk/professional-care-workers-week-celebrating-the-skills-and-stories-of-our-care-workforce
Professional Care Workers’ Week: Celebrating the Skills and Stories of Our Care Workforce - My Home Life England
Working in social care is not “just a job” – it’s a profession that requires a whole range of skills, including: compassion, dignity, leadership, resilience, dedication, patience, advocacy, initiative...
myhomelife.org.uk
September 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
💜 It’s been a week-long celebration of the skill, empathy and dedication care workers bring every day. Head over to our blog to read stories celebrating the impact of care workers:
🔗 myhomelife.org.uk/professional-care-workers-week-celebrating-the-skills-and-stories-of-our-care-workforce
🔗 myhomelife.org.uk/professional-care-workers-week-celebrating-the-skills-and-stories-of-our-care-workforce
www.goldmarkart.com/blogs/discov...
I reckon this might be the best description of an artist’s work I’ve ever read! And the exhibition ius a treat as well!
I reckon this might be the best description of an artist’s work I’ve ever read! And the exhibition ius a treat as well!
Unrestrained Celebration by Mark Haddon
I first found myself on the Goldmark website some years ago in search of prints from David Hockney’s Grimm’s Fairy Tale series. I had little or no interest in ceramics at the time. My favourite mug wa...
www.goldmarkart.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
www.goldmarkart.com/blogs/discov...
I reckon this might be the best description of an artist’s work I’ve ever read! And the exhibition ius a treat as well!
I reckon this might be the best description of an artist’s work I’ve ever read! And the exhibition ius a treat as well!
‘The Future Is Today’ celebrates prints and the University of Warwick from 1965 to now. Just started at the Mead Gallery. Wonderful free exhibition and well worth a visit!
January 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
‘The Future Is Today’ celebrates prints and the University of Warwick from 1965 to now. Just started at the Mead Gallery. Wonderful free exhibition and well worth a visit!
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Flu: who is at risk and what precautions are recommended?
Flu: who is at risk and what precautions are recommended?
As critical incidents are declared in at least a dozen hospitals, we look at testing and protection advice
Over the past week, at least a dozen hospitals have declared critical incidents as the rise in flu admissions and respiratory illnesses has led to…
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Flu: who is at risk and what precautions are recommended?
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The Guardian view on social care: reformers must reclaim the initiative | Editorial
The Guardian view on social care: reformers must reclaim the initiative | Editorial
Labour pledged ‘deep reform’ of this flawed and complex system. A royal commission could shape a consensus
The sooner the government brings forward social care proposals the better. The lack of further detail about a manifesto commitment to “deep reform”…
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:02 PM
The Guardian view on social care: reformers must reclaim the initiative | Editorial
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Delighted to see this important report has been published today. Hopefully it will start the crucial debate on housing options for people as they age.
Delighted to see this important report has been published today. Hopefully it will start the crucial debate on housing options for people as they age.
Our Future Homes: Housing that promotes wellbeing and community for an ageing population
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2024 at 3:54 PM
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Delighted to see this important report has been published today. Hopefully it will start the crucial debate on housing options for people as they age.
Delighted to see this important report has been published today. Hopefully it will start the crucial debate on housing options for people as they age.
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Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns
Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust
#socialcare #carehomes
#hospices
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust
#socialcare #carehomes
#hospices
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns
Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns
Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust
#socialcare #carehomes
#hospices
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust
#socialcare #carehomes
#hospices
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
November 22, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Here's today's @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social cartoon...
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Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.
November 21, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.
Surely the best of current TV!
November 17, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Surely the best of current TV!
So true!
Young people can be terrific #socialcare workers but are too often let down by lack of support and, sadly, a toxic work environment. Those are the headlines of our new report asking how the sector can recruit more younger staff. Short thread. kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…
November 17, 2024 at 9:05 PM
So true!
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
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Home Care Research Forum November 2024
Wed 20 November 2024 14:00 to 16:00
Online
Talks on: Digital care management systems; & International recruitment of care workers: implications for homecare.
All welcome
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/home-...
Wed 20 November 2024 14:00 to 16:00
Online
Talks on: Digital care management systems; & International recruitment of care workers: implications for homecare.
All welcome
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/home-...
Home Care Research Forum November 2024
Dr Kalpa Kharicha, King’s College London; Dr Bryony Beresford, University of York
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 16, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Home Care Research Forum November 2024
Wed 20 November 2024 14:00 to 16:00
Online
Talks on: Digital care management systems; & International recruitment of care workers: implications for homecare.
All welcome
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/home-...
Wed 20 November 2024 14:00 to 16:00
Online
Talks on: Digital care management systems; & International recruitment of care workers: implications for homecare.
All welcome
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/home-...
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Do you work in #socialcare?
Are you interested in research?
Did you know that research is for everyone and you don't have to leave the job you love?
You can wear multiple hats!
Pathways between practice and research in Adult Social Care youtu.be/VVi1Fp7dmww?si… via @YouTube
Are you interested in research?
Did you know that research is for everyone and you don't have to leave the job you love?
You can wear multiple hats!
Pathways between practice and research in Adult Social Care youtu.be/VVi1Fp7dmww?si… via @YouTube
Pathways between practice and research in Adult Social Care
YouTube video by Kent Research Partnership
https://youtu.be/VVi1Fp7dmww?si…
November 15, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Do you work in #socialcare?
Are you interested in research?
Did you know that research is for everyone and you don't have to leave the job you love?
You can wear multiple hats!
Pathways between practice and research in Adult Social Care youtu.be/VVi1Fp7dmww?si… via @YouTube
Are you interested in research?
Did you know that research is for everyone and you don't have to leave the job you love?
You can wear multiple hats!
Pathways between practice and research in Adult Social Care youtu.be/VVi1Fp7dmww?si… via @YouTube
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We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky!
It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
🧵 below
It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
🧵 below
The Researcher’s Guide to Bluesky – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
blogs.york.ac.uk
November 13, 2024 at 12:17 PM
We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky!
It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
🧵 below
It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
🧵 below