George JulianNov 29, 2022

I hate awards. For numerous reasons, mostly because they're self selecting, inherently biased, subjective, and usually a big fat money maker.

Today I wrote about Achieve Together, winners of 2022 LaingBuisson Award, and the inadequate care they're delivering, according to CQC https://www.georgejulian.co.uk/2022/11/29/achieve-together-award-winning-specialist-care-that-cqc-consider-to-be-inadequate/

I'll do a thread too, with replies unlisted so pls boost if you think ppl would be interested

#learningdisability #autism #CQCinadequate #socialcare

georgejulian.co.uk » Achieve Together… award winning specialist care, that CQC consider to be inadequate

I’ve been reporting on the care services that CQC have found to be inadequate routinely for five months now and one of the providers that come up time and again are Achieve Together. If you were to pop over to their website right now you could be mistaken for thinking you were at the wrong […]

Show threadGeorge JulianNov 29, 2022

The photo above accompanies this statement from a care provider for people with learning disability and autism in the UK:

We were delighted to be awarded this accolade in recognition of the incredible work our teams have done and continue to do day in and day out, supporting people across England and Wales. Emma Pearson, Chief Executive Officer, and Garry Fitton, Chief Financial Officer accepted the award on behalf of Achieve together.

Show threadGeorge JulianNov 29, 2022

I've been complaining about the illusion of awards in social care in the UK for years now.

Very old 2014 blog post where I FOI'd all NHS Trusts to see what they spent on awards here https://www.georgejulian.co.uk/2014/11/20/the-data-behind-celebrating-excellence-hsjawards/

If you can face looking at Twitter there's an old video here https://twitter.com/i/status/1440658752978362370 or in the blog post at the top of this thread.

TLDR: Awards are a scam. An illusion. They don't mean anything.

That in itself doesn't stop providers applying for them, helps with marketing you see

georgejulian.co.uk » The data behind celebrating excellence #HSJAwards

Last night saw the annual HSJ Awards hit our twitterstreams. Billed as ‘the largest celebration of healthcare excellence in the UK, highlighting the most innovative and successful people and projects in the sector’, the photo above (via Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust) clearly shows the scale of the ‘celebration’. Alastair McLellan, the HSJ […]

Show threadSeanOSullivan
@GeorgeJulian I can definitely read the thread, & was able to boost individual toots within it.
I don’t yet know how to best use the favourite option, or how widely a direct reply like this might be to others on Mastodon.
I do find the threads important in cataloguing such human & commercial abuse of what should be our society’s responsibility, & admit I often get only partway.
I feel that Mastodon is as valid as Twitter for talking about the failings in care for people in society.
Nov 29, 2022 at 7:44pmWeb
Show threadGeorge JulianNov 29, 2022

Hey @SeanOSullivan I didn't know you were here, great to see you. I'm not sure who sees replies, other than those talking, maybe mutual contacts unless a hashtag is used. Not sure.

Thank you so much for commenting. I've been struggling to see how to do quite the level of public commentary/raging I tend to do over here, without feeling like I'm shouting in a library, but maybe that's just imposter syndrome.

Good to know people are reading, always good to know. TY

Show threadSeanOSullivanNov 29, 2022
@GeorgeJulian
I saw a tip about using #debirdify which worked pretty well. You can download a csv file of following and a separate one for followers, and then import them to Mastodon. Seems to work, but I think it’s dependent on when you do the move. If people aren’t already here then I guess they just get missed off. 👍
Show threadGeorge JulianNov 29, 2022
@SeanOSullivan yeh I didn't follow lots of people on Twitter, I used lists, I'm doing it differently here because the lack of pushed content makes it less overwhelming and figure we'll congregate around hashtags in time.