Latest news

• Enhanced Health in Care Homes: A guide for care homes
  01/02/21

• Going the extra mile for Dignity
  20/01/21

  Watch the recording of our latest online session.

• COVID-19: Insurance, risks and possible liabilities
  18/12/20

  This note is provided by the Care Provider Alliance (CPA) to assist members in considering the potential risks and liabilities arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

• CQC’s IPC Inspections – a Quick Guide
  18/12/20

• Designated settings for COVID-19 patients leaving hospital
  18/12/20

• Supporting people who need care and support to have meaningful and safe relationships
  18/12/20

• Learning Disability Aspiring Leaders Fellowship
  18/12/20

  Creating Caring Cultures Fellowship for aspiring leaders and early career frontline Registered Learning Disability Nurses

• Enhance management of Care Home Residents in Acute and Emergency Care Settings
  18/12/20

• A longitudinal analysis of loneliness, social isolation and falls amongst older people in England
  18/12/20

• HfT Virtual Smarthouse
  18/12/20

  HfT Virtual Smarthouse showcases some of the assistive technologies that people may use around their home to improve their independence and quality of life and increase their safety.

• Only Connect – The Impact of Covid-19 on Older LGBT+ People
  18/12/20

  Launched on 4 November at Opening Doors London’s first ever virtual research seminar, this new report is the first research to address the specific effect of the pandemic on older LGBT+ people. 

• Brexit: Keeping data safe - CPA and Digital Social Care Briefing
  18/12/20

• Christmas Activities for Care Homes 2020
  18/12/20

  Free packs of its printable activities specifically for care homes.

• How to embed music into personalized care plans for people living with dementia
  18/12/20

  Music for dementia has joined forces with the Office of the Chief Social Worker for Adults, DHSC to coproduce two guides for Social Workers.

• Ordering medication using proxy access: Guidance for care homes, GP practices and community pharmacies
  03/12/20

  A faster, safer way to order medicines for care home residents is now available.

• Social Care Top 30
  03/12/20

  The Social Care Top 30 will give the opportunity to showcase and recognise real leadership and excellence in the sector. 

• NHS Learning Hub
  03/12/20

  The Learning Hub is a digital platform that provides easy access to a wide range of education and training resources for the health and care workforce. 

• Leading for wellbeing webinar recording – Skills for Care
  03/12/20

  This recorded webinar focuses on leading for wellbeing, with practical support and ideas to support teams with wellbeing.

• New digital learning module
  03/12/20

  Skills for Care has launched a short digital learning module to support adult social care managers in carrying out holistic learning reviews.

• NHS Volunteer Responders and adult social care
  03/12/20