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Ray James: My priorities as NHS learning disabilities director

By Ray James | 17 April 2018

Having been seconded from a London borough to the NHS to become the first national learning disab...

Why we must value our care workers

By Ray James | 19 April 2016

Individuals in the social care workforce deserve to be paid, trained and valued in a way consiste...

The power to achieve?

By Ray James | 06 April 2016

Greater Manchester made significant progress on devolution when it received control over local he...

An ailing sector?

By Ray James | 08 December 2015

Amid the fallout from the Spending Review, Ray James leads the rallying call for the social care ...

Trajectory towards a better quality of life

By Ray James | 10 November 2015

Following the Winterbourne View scandal, a transformation programme is being put in place to ensu...

Time to pay your way

By Ray James | 10 September 2015

Commissioners need funds to pay long-suffering care workers properly, says Ray James.

There's no quick fix

By Ray James | 22 July 2015

The growing gap in social care funding has led to a crisis of confidence from directors of adult ...

A new caring, sharing age?

By Ray James | 13 May 2015

Adult social services need to be at the head of any long-term strategy formed by the Conservative...