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  • NHS Institute and Dignity

    The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement supports the NHS in transforming healthcare for patients and the public by rapidly developing and spreading new ways of working, new technology and world-class...

  • Dignity in Care Practice Guide

    In partnership with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) we have developed an online practice guide. This guide has been designed to help...

  • NHS Choices Website

    NHS Choices will be the at the heart of the new relationship between the NHS, Social services and the communities they serve. It is a driver of improvement, enabling free choice and providing a unique...

  • World Class Commissioning

    World Class Commissioning is a government initiative to improve the quality of commissioning in health and social care. The emphasis is on evidence based, high quality care that provides service users...

  • Examples from organisations using the Dignity Challenge

    This document contains examples of how health and social care organisations are using the Dignity Challenge in their local areas to improve dignity in care.

  • SCIE Stand up for Dignity - The Dignity Challenge Guide

    Find out more about the Dignity Challenge with the SCIE Stand up for Dignity Guide. Identified under each of the 10 Challenge statements are dignity tests, which organisations can use to see how they...

  • Dignity in Care Podcast - Leading from the front

    This 19 minute video podcast discusses what to look for when choosing a care home for an older person with dementia, and how residential home managers and staff can be supported to keep improving standards....

  • Dignity in Care Podcast - Active Ageing

    This 17 minute video podcast describes a project in Liverpool that helps older people to be more active and involved, including work with young people in schools to improve understanding between the...

  • RCN - Dignity Campaign

    The RCN's 'Dignity: at the heart of everything we do' campaign - launched on 25 June 2008 - aims to provide support and direction to the UK's nursing workforce, as they deliver care for patients and...

  • Poem on ageing - See me?

    The origin of this poem is uncertain. General consensus is that when an old lady died in the geriatric ward of a hospital, it appeared she had left nothing of value but on packing up her possessions,...