Latest news

• Cancer and dementia: A guide for carers
  25/06/18

  Dementia UK has released a special guide on cancer and dementia for carers.

• Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: service design and delivery
  25/06/18

  SCIE, in partnership with NICE, hosted a webinar to discuss this guideline and its recommendations.

• Social Care Quick Guides
  25/06/18

  An easy way to access key information from NICE on social care topics.

• New QCC Initiative Aims to Benchmark and Improve Social Care Services
  25/06/18

  The Quality Care Campaign (QCC) initiative is launching with a mission to improve the quality of care received by people who use social care services.

• NICE Quality Standards for Parkinson's disease
  27/03/18

  Nice has published its Quality Standards for Parkinson’s disease covering the management of Parkinson’s disease in adults and describing high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.  

• Adult social care apprenticeships
  27/03/18

  Revised standards now published 

• Data Security and Protection Requirements (DSP) for social care providers
  27/03/18

  The Department of Health and Social Care has now issued guidance on the 10 data security standards that need to be met by the social care and health sector.

• Promoting the voice of people with a learning disability
  26/03/18

  Project creating a range of learning and multi-media information resources to improve care and support for people with a learning disability living with or at risk of developing dementia.

• Social care recruitment and retention
  26/03/18

  New insights into possible solutions to care recruitment and retention from King’s College London.

• SCIE – New site for carers
  26/03/18

  SCIE have launched a new site for carers containing information, guidance, advice and resources.

• Chief social worker issues guidance on adult safeguarding responses to pressure ulcers
  26/03/18

  A national framework setting out when adult social services should consider holding a section 42 enquiry in response to concerns about pressure ulcers.

• Tackling loneliness and social isolation: the role of commissioners
  26/03/18

  A new briefing from SCIE.

• Information Governance resources
  26/03/18

  Guidance on safe information sharing generally and the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (due to be launched in April 2018) in particular.

• Guidance for supporting older people with hearing loss in care settings
  26/03/18

  A guide for managers and staff.

• The LaingBuisson Awards
  26/03/18

  These awards recognise and celebrate industry excellence and innovative services in the public, private and third sectors. 

• Nominations now open for the 5th NAPA awards
  26/03/18

  Nominating someone for an Award is the best possible way to publicly say how much you appreciate what they do.

• Well-being and age in co-housing life: Thinking with and beyond design
  26/03/18

  Housing LIN viewpoint no 89 considers how spatial design, resident control and home technologies matter to ‘successful ageing’ in the increasingly popular co-housing communities - both intergenerational and senior.

• Care Improvement Works - building confidence, improving care
  26/03/18

  The Care Improvement Works website brings together resources for providers to assess and strengthen the quality of their services in one place. It can help you in planning for a CQC inspection, internal audits and deliver good and outstanding care.

• Thank you for supporting Dignity Action Day
  06/03/18

  We hope you enjoyed a memorable day promoting Dignity.

• Hold a Dignity Action Day event this February
  31/01/18

  The DAD map is now bursting with events, many of these are on the 1st Feb, however an event held any day in February would be absolutely wonderful.