Key resources

• Homecare Re-ablement
  CSED has compiled a body of evidence on the benefits of homecare re-ablement and a practical implementation toolkit for councils looking to introduce new or expanded homecare re-ablement services.
• Telecare
  A suite of CSED tools helps commissioners to evaluate, plan and deliver expanded telecare services.
• Crisis Response
  Resources include a guide to implementing crisis response services, methodologies for calculating the efficiencies they can achieve across health and social care and a series of case studies on successful services.
• Integrated Care and Support Pathway Planning
  CSED's guide to Integrated Care and Support Pathway Planning (ICSPP) provides easy access to this joint working and service development approach.
• Support Related Housing
  Good practice case studies show how closer collaboration and joint commissioning between councils and partner organisations can improve services and create efficiencies.
• Demand Forecasting
  This range of resources aims to provide councils with the basic building blocks to plan and manage changes in service demand.
• Transforming Community Equipment Services
  The retail model for community equipment was developed for local adoption and implementation. Website resources include background documents for council and health teams.
• Care Management Processes
  Resources include process and operational improvements that adult social care departments can introduce to improve the effectiveness of services and create efficiency savings.
• Better Buying
  Resources include tools to evaluate relative costs of in-house and outsourced services and links to standardised procurement documents.
• Use of Resources
  Drawing on a number of case studies and support tools from CSED, this DH guide offers advice, alternative approaches and a range of evidence to help senior managers make shifts in the use of their money to develop both efficient and effective services.