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• Celebration of the 100,000th Dignity Champion
  30/10/18

  The reason I became a Dignity Champion, where do I start?

• Medicines management for people receiving social care in the community
  29/10/18

  NICE has produced Quality Standards for assessing if people (in their own homes) need help with their medicines.

• Effective record keeping and ordering of medicines
  29/10/18

  Aimed at home care managers providing support, NICE has launched a quick guide highlighting how good record keeping protects people receiving medicines support and their care workers. 

• A guide to adult safeguarding for adult social care employers
  29/10/18

  Updated guide to adult safeguarding from Skills for Care.

• Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff
  29/10/18

  Minimum training requirements along with education and training principles.

• Data Security and Protection Toolkit - ‘Entry level’ guidance for social care providers.
  29/10/18

  ‘Entry level’ is a stepping stone to achieving at the ‘Standards Met’ level, will be time limited but will allow you to begin using NHS mail.

• New guides to help social care employers understand their requirements under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
  29/10/18

  Skills for Care has launched two new guides to help social care employers understand their requirements under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) regarding data protection roles.

• The Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT)
  29/10/18

  An online self-assessment tool for data security.

• Tools to assist ‘Leading Change, Adding Value’ framework implementation
  29/10/18

  Leading Change, Adding Value is the national framework for nursing, midwifery and care staff. It was launched in 2016 and sets out the key contribution of the professions to the Five Year Forward View and other transformational change. 

• Skills for care has updated its ‘Recommendations for CQC providers guide’
  29/10/18

  Having enough of the right staff, with the right skills and led by confident managers can help you meet Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards.