Latest news

• 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.

• NICE quality standard on intermediate care including reablement (QS173)
  29/10/18

  The quality standard covering referral and assessment for intermediate care and how to deliver the service is now available.

• Helping health and adult social care work better together
  29/10/18

  How collaborative working between health and adult social care can improve outcomes.

• Talk Health Care
  29/10/18

  The Government wants to hear your ideas on 5 main areas to make things better for people working in health and care - download the workforce poster to encourage staff participation.

• Caring for people at risk of choking
  29/10/18

  CQC 'learning from safety incidents' series describes a critical safety issue, this latest issue focuses on caring for people at risk of choking.

• Creating a positive workplace culture
  29/10/18

  This toolkit explains what workplace culture is and how you can develop a positive one in your organisation.

• I-Hydrate resources
  29/10/18

  The I-Hydrate project has explored how hydration care is delivered in two care homes by working together with staff, residents and their relatives.

• News from the Bedfordshire Dignity Network
  26/10/18

  On October 17th all across the world, thousands of young people were feeling inspired ... as part of Global Dignity Day.

• Adapting for ageing
  26/10/18

  A new report from the Centre for Ageing Better, jointly published with Care & Repair England, identifies examples of good practice on providing life-changing adaptations in the home to enable people to carry out every day activities such as cooking, bathing or using the toilet.

• Decision-making and mental capacity
  26/10/18

  This guideline covers decision-making in people 16 years and over who may lack capacity now or in the future.

• The Safety Net for Older People Living at Home is Failing and in Urgent Need of Repair
  26/10/18

  A new interim report from Age UK warns the safety net we expect to be there for us as we age, if we are living at home, has become dangerously weak.

• All the Lonely People: Loneliness in Later Life
  26/10/18

  Understanding the circumstances associated with feeling lonely and explaining what we know works in supporting people to tackle feelings of persistent loneliness - The latest report from Age UK.