The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued details on how it intends to regulate, inspect and rate care homes and community adult social care in England. Following extensive joint development,
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) are looking for industry views on the level and credit of awards (qualifications) for managers and supervisors. This includes: care home services for adults
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This Health and Social Care Information Centre summary provides information about the money spent on adult social care by the social services departments of Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities
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Skills for Health has launched a consultation to gather further views on the Code of Conduct for healthcare support workers and adult social care workers in England. Published in March
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The first two reports have been published following a pioneering new approach to inspecting health and social care services for older people in Scotland. Joint inspection teams from Scotland’s social
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NHS Highland has a new director of adult social care. She is 46-year-old Joanna Macdonald who takes over from Brian Robertson who has retired. Ms Macdonald has vast experience in
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A report provided findings of the independent evaluation of the Social Work Practice with Adults (SWPwA) pilots. SWPwA’s were organizations independent of local authorities that were contracted to support adults
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People using adult social care services in Scotland will have the opportunity to share and compare their experiences when a new website, Care Opinion, launches this autumn. The one-year pilot
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The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has published its review of local government complaints for 2013/14. For the first time the report provides complaint statistics for each English local authority, all
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Health workers should take advantage of significant life events among the middle-aged to get them to be healthier, new NHS guidance suggests. People whose children are leaving the nest, those
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