by Ali Rice | Dec 9, 2021 | By Rachel Lewis
This year I took part in the 2021 Caring Places Festival, hosted by Buurtzorg Britain and Ireland. The day explored what a caring place can look like, and specifically what the health and care system’s role is in creating caring places. It is already becoming a cliché...
by Ali Rice | Dec 2, 2021 | By Brendan Martin
The UK government yesterday published its “ambitious 10-year vision for how we will transform support and care in England”. We are glad that it presents the Buurtzorg way as an example of how that vision can be realised. The White Paper, People at the Heart of Care,...
by Ali Rice | Nov 23, 2021 | By Lance Gardner MBE
A few weeks ago a Manchester GP and three of his staff were hospitalised by a violent attack in their surgery. A 59-year-old man was arrested and so I won’t say any more about that incident. But I do want to talk about the pressures that are stoking anger and despair...
by Ali Rice | Oct 8, 2021 | By Brendan Martin
“Health – and social care – begins at home. Family first, then community, then the state.” So said Sajid Javid at the Conservative Party conference. It would be easier to enjoy the mirth his statement stimulated if it weren’t that it also sparked even more...
by Ali Rice | Oct 6, 2021 | By PPL
PPL are proud to sponsor Buurtzorg’s Caring Places: Building Healthy Communities Festival on Tuesday 19th October 2021. In preparation for joining the conversations at the festival, we have reflected as a team on our work supporting places to create healthier and...