Improving How The CQC Assess Closed Environments

Source: CQC In light of recent concerns raised about the care for people with a learning disability and/or autism, who may also have a mental health problem, the CQC has written to providers asking them to consider how they are ensuring that the people for whose care...

DBS Fees Change

Updates to the prices of DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) checks On 15th July 2019, the DBS laid secondary legislation before Parliament to reduce fees with effect from 1st October 2019. The key changes are as follows: Type of DBS check Current fee Fee from 1st...

Skills For Care Funding is Available!

Upskill your staff with assistance from us   Want to develop your staff but need to stretch your training budget further?   The Skills for Care Workforce Development Fund offers funding towards a wide range of qualifications and learning programmes for the adult...

CQC’s FAC Process Revealed – What does it achieve?

Source: Ridouts Solicitors   CQC’s consultation on the Factual Accuracy Check (FAC) process took place last year and was concluded in early 2019. Health and social care professionals were asked what they thought about various proposed changes including a word...

The National Minimum Data Set for Social Care (NMDS-SC) is changing

Skills for Care are making changes to the NMDS-SC as it will be replaced by the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set. If you have an NMDS account, it will be closed on the 18th July 2019 at 5.30 p.m but don’t panic as all of your data will be migrated to the new...