New sector-led report sets out what digital excellence should look like for working-age adult social care and calls for coordinated action from providers, commissioners, regulators and digital supply partners A…
Care England has welcomed today’s announcement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Yvette Cooper, in her speech to the Labour Party Conference, setting out plans to…
Care First 24 Ltd is proud to announce that, following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), we have been awarded an Outstanding rating for our Supported Living and…
Care England is pleased to be attending the Care Roadshow South and Care Roadshow Yorkshire later this year, and we look forward to meeting care providers from across the sector….
Care England today launched its good practice guide on preventing choking deaths amongst people with learning disabilities in Parliament to a crowd of sector leaders, people with lived experience and…
For many care providers, the words “CQC inspection” still carry a sense of uncertainty. Even in well-run services, there is often a lingering question: are we…
Across adult social care, there is a quiet assumption that training equals competence. Staff complete mandatory modules, certificates are issued, compliance dashboards turn green, and yet,…
The social care sector is not short of data. What it lacks is the ability to bring that data together in a way that actually informs decisions….
Quality in social care is often defined by ratings. Good, Requires Improvement, Inadequate, Outstanding. These labels shape perception, influence commissioning, and drive organisational behaviour. But they…
From CVs to credibility: bringing evidence into the recruitment of registered managers Recruiting a registered manager is one of the most important decisions a provider will…
New research reveals a stark gap between hand hygiene guidance and what happens in practice. For social care, where the people we support are among those most at risk from…
The day began with spirited renditions of Born This Way, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), and Stand by Me performed by the Baked Bean Choir. The choir forms a…