Resources & Guidance
A suite of Care England and stakeholder publications pertaining to the latest policy developments and analysis aimed at empowering and enabling care providers to support service delivery.

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Discounts and free support for care providers
2 October 2023Introducing the fourth monthly discount and free support offers designed to solve problems, deal with challenges, and reduce costs for care providers, which have saved millions of pounds for both members...
Read moreCare For Our Future: Sector Support
19 September 2023Organisations from all corners of the health and social care system have come out in support of the recommendations outlined in Care For Our Future and coalesced around its vision...
Read moreCare England, the largest and most diverse representative body for independent providers of adult social care, is pleased to announce the launch of Care For Our Future, a roadmap for...
Read moreCare England – Trial Membership
29 November 2023An opportunity to trial membership with Care England* Against an increasingly challenging backdrop of ongoing funding and workforce pressures, and in the absence of further Government action this side of...
Read morePractical tips to prepare for an inquest
27 November 2023You can access a PDF format of this briefing by clicking here Many providers will at some point be involved in an inquest by virtue of delivery of care and...
Read morePractical tips to minimise the effect of CQC enforcement action
27 November 2023You can access a PDF format of this briefing by clicking here Many providers will have been affected by CQC enforcement action, including: Fixed penalty notices; Notices of Proposal; Section...
Read moreAccelerating Reform Fund – Webinar
20 November 2023Announced on 24 October 2023, the Accelerating Reform Fund was launched to support the Department of Health and Social Care’s priorities for scaling and innovation. The below represents a collection...
Read moreCare Talent Market Report 2023
8 November 2023Article by Gary Towers – Talent Intelligence Director Are you struggling to navigate the complex landscape of talent acquisition in the social care sector? At Jobtrain, we understand that recruiting...
Read moreThe Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund (‘the fund’) was announced at the autumn statement in November 2022. The primary purpose of the fund is to support local authorities to make...
Read moreEngland is grappling with staggering health inequalities, with a stark 10-year gap in life expectancy between individuals in socioeconomically deprived regions and their more affluent counterparts and a cost of...
Read moreThe National Association of Care Catering (NACC) is calling for urgent Governmental intervention in the wake of a damning report, researched and written by the Association for Public Service Excellence...
Read moreHave your say: NHS-Funded Nursing Care rate 2024-25
25 October 2023Dear Residential Nursing Care Providers, DHSC is currently in the process of setting the 2024-2025 rate for NHS-funded Nursing Care (FNC). This is being informed by a one-off cost...
Read moreLaingBuisson: Fair Cost of Care Analysis
18 October 2023LaingBuisson was commissioned to undertake an analysis of the results of the Summer 2022 Fair Cost of Care (FCoC) exercise mandated by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)...
Read moreWinter 2023-2024: What Good Looks Like for Adult Social Care
16 October 2023On 15 September 2023, NHSE published its Intermediate Care Framework for rehabilitation, reablement and recovery following hospital discharge to provide good practice guidance for integrated care boards. The framework is...
Read moreSMART is Care England’s Strategic Management Audit Repository Tool. The tool is free to use for all social care providers and can act as an aid memoir to support the...
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