Care Sector Insight (20-24 March)

 

Policy Highlights

Neighbourhood health framework

How ICBs, local authorities, health and wellbeing boards and other partners should create and deliver neighbourhood health services.

Department of Health & Social Care

Give your views on draft sector-specific assessment frameworks

As part of our 'Better regulation, better care' public consultation, which closed at the end of last year, one of our proposals was to introduce separate assessment frameworks that are more specific and relevant to the health and care sectors that we regulate.

CQC

Skills for Care launches new ‘Practical approaches toolkits’ to support adoption of proven workforce models

Skills for Care has launched a new suite of ‘Practical approaches toolkits’. The practical toolkits are designed to support leaders and commissioners in adult social care to implement effective approaches and improve outcomes, providing clear, actionable insight into tackling some of the sector’s most pressing workforce challenges.

Skills for Care


Sector Updates

Neighbourhood Health Framework and digital care

The government’s Neighbourhood Health Framework sets out a new direction for delivering care closer to home, with services organised around local neighbourhoods. In our latest Ctrl+Care podcast, Katie Thorn and Michelle Corrigan explored what the framework means for adult social care, and where digital care fits.

Digital Care Hub


Opportunities for Providers

HIGHLIGHT: CareCubed Discount
CareCubed is used by over 500 care providers and more than 60% of local authorities to cost care using a consistent ‘common currency’ to provide a transparent solution to costing care packages.  Care providers can secure up to a 50% discount for up to 3 years when purchasing their own version of CareCubed. Click here to access the deal.