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Tag Archives: Care Quality
Education and Training Framework: Learning Disabilities Core Skills (HEE / Skills for Health / Skills for Care / NHS England)
Summary Health Education England, Skills for Health and Skills for Care have produced a comprehensive resource, designed to support the education, training and workforce development needs of persons working with people who have learning disabilities. “This Framework was commissioned and … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Workers in England, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Avenues Group, British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD), British Psychological Society (BPS), Building the Right Support, Care Act 2014, Care and Communication, Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs), Care England, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Care Planning, Care Quality, Care Staff Education, Caregiver-Patient Communication, Challenging Behaviour Foundation, CHANGE, Changing Our Lives, College of Occupational Therapists - Special Section / People with Learning Disabilities, College of Policing, Core and Common Competences for Support Workers, Core Skills Education and Training Framework, Council for Disabled Children, Dr Dominic Slowie: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Learning Disability, Education and Training Framework: Learning Disabilities Core Skills, Hazel Watson: Head of Mental Health and Learning Disabilities at NHS England, Hazel Watson: NHS England’s Head Nurse for Learning Disability, HEE: Health Education England, Inclusion North, Law Ethics and Safeguarding in Learning Disability Care and Support, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities Core Skills, Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, Learning Disabilities: Core Skills Education and Training Framework, Learning Disabilities: Education and Training, Learning Disabilities: Empowering Individuals, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Workforce, Learning Disability (LD) Transforming Care Programme, Learning Disability and Autism, Mencap, National Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme, NHS England, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, People With Learning Disabilities, Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD), Protecting Vulnerable People, Royal College of Nursing, Safeguarding, Safeguarding in Learning Disabilities Care and Support, Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Skills for Care Qualifications, Skills for Care Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), Skills for Care’s Workforce Capacity Planning Guidance, Skills for Health, Skills for Health (SfH), Social Care, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Care Technical Competences for Support Workers, Social Care Workers: Skills for Supporting People with Learning Disabilities, Social Care Workforce, Support for Children and Adults With Autism: Unit / Reference Costs, Supporting People (Children Young People and Adults) with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD), Training the Social Care and Health Workforce, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Transforming Care Partnerships’ (TCPs), UK Core Skills Training Framework, University of Warwick / PBS Academy, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Training
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CQC’s Strategy for 2016 to 2021 (CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) last month published their strategy, for the years 2016 to 2021, to ensure that more people receive higher quality care. This strategy aims to offer a “targeted, responsive and collaborative” approach to regulation, with … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Care Home Inspections, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inspection Regime, Chief Inspector of General Practice (CIGP), Chief Inspector of Hospitals (CIOH), Community Health Care Inspections, CQC Budget Levels, CQC Five Year Strategy, CQC Hospice Inspections, CQC Hospital Inspections, CQC Inspection Regimes To Assess Quality of Care Pathways Across Health and Social Care Settings, CQC Inspections of GP Surgeries, CQC’s Strategy For 2016 to 2021, David Behan: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission, Efficiency and Effectiveness, Enforcement, Enforcement and Intelligent Monitoring (CQC), Focused Unannounced Inspections, Future of General Practice Regulation Programme Board, GP Inspections, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, HMI Constabulary, HMI Prisons, HMI Probation, Improvement Innovation and Sustainability in Care, Inspection and Regulation, Inspections, Inspections by CQC, Intelligence-Driven Approach to Regulation, Memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Health Education England (HEE) and CQC (2016), Ofsted, Peter Wyman: CQC’s Chair, Primary Medical Services, Provider Regulation, Quality of Care, Re-Inspections Drive Improvement, Regulation, Regulation of Care Quality, Rethinking Regulation, Shaping the Future: CQC’s Strategy for 2016 to 2021, Single Shared View of Quality, Unannounced Hospital Inspections, Unannounced Inspections
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Education and Training Framework Maps Dementia Core Skills (Skills for Health / HEE / Skills for Care)
Summary Last month, Skills for Health, Health Education England and Skills for Care issued a comprehensive resource to support the education, training and workforce development needs of persons who work with people living with dementia and their carers. This “Dementia … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Workers in England, Advance Care Planning, Care Act 2014, Care and Communication, Care Certificate Standards, Care Quality, Care South West Peninsula (NIHR PenCLAHRC), Care Staff Education, Caregiver-Patient Communication, Christina Pond: Executive Director at Skills for Health, Colin Wright: Skills Framework Manager at Skills for Health, Collaboration, Common Core Principles for Supporting People with Dementia, Common Induction Standards for Support Workers, Communication Interaction and Behaviour in Dementia Care, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication Support, Core and Common Competences for Support Workers, Core Skills Education and Training Framework, Curriculum for UK Dementia Education, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Awareness Training, Dementia Care, Dementia Core Skills: Education and Training Framework (HEE), Dementia Education and Training, Dementia Education Principles and Standards, Dementia Education Standards and Principles (HEE), Dementia Education: Empirical Development of Curricula Standards and Criteria to Support Dementia Education, Dementia Identification, Dementia Identification Assessment and Diagnosis, Dementia Qualifications (Skills for Care), Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dr Olga Koslowska: University of Wolverhampton, Education and Training, Education and Training of Registered Nurses and Care Assistants, Education and Training Progression, Educational and Clinical Supervision, Educational Relevance of Dementia Training, End of Life Dementia Care, Equality Diversity and Inclusion in Dementia Care, Ethics, Families and Carers as Partners in Dementia Care, Health and Social Care, Health and Wellbeing in Dementia Care, Health Education, Health Education South West, Health Technical Competences for Support Workers, Healthcare Support Workers, HEDN Curriculum for UK Dementia Education, HEE: Health Education England, HEE’s Investment in Dementia Education and Training, Higher Education for Dementia Network (HEDN), Improving Dementia Care, Indicative Mappings: National Standards or Frameworks, John Rogers: Chief Executive of Skills for Health, Knowledge Skills and Attitudes (Staff), Law Ethics and Safeguarding in Dementia Care, Leadership in Transforming Dementia Care, Learning and Development for Social Care Workers Supporting People with Dementia, Lisa Bayliss-Pratt: Director of Nursing at Health Education England, Living Well With Dementia and Promoting Independence, London Dementia Strategic Clinical Network, Mental Capacity Act 2005, National Occupational Standards (NOS), NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC), Nurse Education, Nursing Education, PenCLAHRC, Person-Centred Dementia Care, Person-Centred Dementia Care and Support, Pharmacological Interventions in Dementia Care, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Professor David Sallah: Clinical Lead for Mental Health Workforce at Health Education England, Recognition, Regulated Qualifications Framework, Research and Evidence-Based Practice in Dementia Care, Sharon Allen: Chief Executive of Skills for Care, Skills for Care, Skills for Care (SfC), Skills for Care and Skills for Health, Skills for Care Qualifications, Skills for Care Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), Skills for Care’s Workforce Capacity Planning Guidance, Skills for Health, Skills for Health (SfH), Social Care, Social Care Technical Competences for Support Workers, Social Care Workers: Skills for Supporting People with Dementia, Social Care Workforce, Standardisation in Dementia Education and Training, Supporting Dementia Workers, Supporting People with Dementia (Common Core Principles), Training the Social Care and Health Workforce, UK Core Skills Training Framework, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Training
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Certificate of Fundamental Care for Health Care Assistants (BBC News)
Summary The BBC has revealed that new care workers will be required to attain a training certificate within 12 weeks of starting their first job. This follows recommendations made in the independent Cavendish report, which reviewed inconsistencies in training throughout … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Acute Hospital Care, BBC Health News, Camilla Cavendish, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Homes, Care Quality, Care Support, Career Ladder, Career Pathways for HCAs, Caring: a Career, Cavendish Review, Certificate of Fundamental Care, Common Induction Standards (CIS), Compassionate Care, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia Awareness, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dismissal of Unsatisfactory Staff, Education, Education and Training, Enabling Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Engagement and Support (HCAs), General Hospital Care, HCAs, HCAs as Part of Nursing Team: Not a Separate Tribe, Healthcare Assistants, Healthcare Support Workers, Home Care Workers, Management of HCAs, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Minimum Standards for Healthcare Assistants, Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, Modernisation of the Nursing Workforce, Modernization of the Nursing Workforce: Valuing the Healthcare Assistant, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, NHS Career Framework, NHS Workforce, Nursing Assistants, Nursing Auxiliaries, Overall Quality of NHS Hospitals, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Protecting Vulnerable People, Quality of Care, Quality of Care and Support, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Recruitment of HCAs, Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Social Care Support Workers, Social Care Workforce, Status of Caring in Health and Social Care, Supervising and Leading HCAs, Support Workers in Social Care, Transforming General Hospital Care, Underappreciated, Underpaid, Valuing the Healthcare Assistants, Vulnerable Adults, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Development, Workforce Training
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NHS Reform Under the Coalition Government (King’s Fund / BBC News)
Summary Chris Ham, Chief Executive of the King’s Fund, has released an authoritative and thorough review of major reform and re-organisation within the NHS during the first three years of the coalition government. “He was agin’ it”. Mark Twain. Full … Continue reading →