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This article describes the experience of a service for people with learning difficulties and the developments that have taken place since the introduction of Supporting People (SP), and its impact on the organisation. With SP on the cusp of change, it is useful to look back at what has been achieved since its introduction in 2003 and what the future holds as further changes begin to have an impact on the service.

This article describes the impact of a rare hereditary condition on an individual and their family, the difficulties of achieving a diagnosis, the support arrangements provided by social care services and help provided by the Prion Clinic in the latter stages of the condition, and terminal care at home.

This article describes the response to a survey of third sector organisations and their experience of the impact of the current economic climate. The findings from a small range of organisations provide a snapshot of the current pressures and problems facing the sector.

This article reports the findings of an initial evaluation of integrated team management in a health and social care trust. It describes the main findings and discusses the impact of the new structure from the perspectives of team managers, professionals and service user representatives in the first 12 months of operation.

The Branch held a week‐end conference at Hertford College, Oxford, from 17th to 19th April, on the theme ‘Educating the user’. Mr Gordon H.Wright, County Technical Librarian of Hertfordshire, in a paper on ‘Educating tomorrow's potential information user’, discussed critical thinking and the art of communication. Mr J.E.Terry, Information Officer, AERE Harwell, described the course on information sources and library services which is run for scientific officers at AERE. Mrs Irene Veasey of Blackwell's urged that Aslib appoint advisory officers to discuss with representatives of organizations the practical aspects of information dissemination within their own concerns. Mr Jack Bird, Education Officer, Aslib, and the three speakers were on a panel to discuss points arising from the papers, and open discussion then followed.