Supporting digital transformation and CQC compliance in adult social
13 Nov 2024
Skills for Care
Reflections on a recent digital transformation event where a Skills for Care locality manager encouraged two social care providers to consider digital…read more
13 Nov 2024
Skills for Care
Reflections on a recent digital transformation event where a Skills for Care locality manager encouraged two social care providers to consider digital…read more
First impressions of the Single Assessment Framework
14 Mar 2024
Keith Dias
Keith Dias, Responsible Person for Apex Healthcare Service Ltd, a domiciliary care service in Reading, shares his experience of the new approach being…read more
Keith Dias, Responsible Person for Apex Healthcare Service Ltd, a domiciliary care service in Reading, shares his experience of the new approach being…read more
CQC
Leadership
Management
CQC assessment: first impressions and tools to help
13 Mar 2024
Rob Hargreaves
Rob Hargreaves, Information Services Manager, Skills for Care shares initial feedback from some of the first assessments and what can help providers t…read more
13 Mar 2024
Rob Hargreaves
Rob Hargreaves, Information Services Manager, Skills for Care shares initial feedback from some of the first assessments and what can help providers t…read more
CQC
Management
Leadership
What our latest data tells us about factors that affect CQC ratings
31 Oct 2023
Skills for Care
Following the release of our ‘State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report, we look at what our latest data about Care Quali…read more
31 Oct 2023
Skills for Care
Following the release of our ‘State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report, we look at what our latest data about Care Quali…read more
Safe and effective staffing requires you to #RecruitRight
26 Sep 2023
Rob Hargreaves
Rob Hargreaves, Information Services Manager at Skills for Care explains what regulated providers will need to demonstrate and what support is availab…read more
26 Sep 2023
Rob Hargreaves
Rob Hargreaves, Information Services Manager at Skills for Care explains what regulated providers will need to demonstrate and what support is availab…read more
Why environmental sustainability is important for care providers
22 Mar 2023
James Rycroft
James Rycroft, Executive Director at The Outstanding Society and Managing Director of Vida Healthcare, an ‘Outstanding’ rated care provider shares the…read more
22 Mar 2023
James Rycroft
James Rycroft, Executive Director at The Outstanding Society and Managing Director of Vida Healthcare, an ‘Outstanding’ rated care provider shares the…read more
CQC
Leadership
Learning and development
Our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion and how we evidence this
20 Mar 2023
Claire Callaghan
As the Care Quality Commission (CQC) highlights the importance of valuing diversity in the workplace, Claire Callaghan, Registered Manager, Bowfell Ho…read more
20 Mar 2023
Claire Callaghan
As the Care Quality Commission (CQC) highlights the importance of valuing diversity in the workplace, Claire Callaghan, Registered Manager, Bowfell Ho…read more
CQC
Culture and diversity
Leadership
Learning and development
Alium Care Training help care provider improve their CQC rating
18 Nov 2022
Skills for Care
This Good News Friday we’re hearing from one of our endorsed providers, Alium Care Training, about how they helped a care provider improve their Care …read more
18 Nov 2022
Skills for Care
This Good News Friday we’re hearing from one of our endorsed providers, Alium Care Training, about how they helped a care provider improve their Care …read more
Good news story
Learning and development
Workforce development
Funding
CQC
New learning and development opportunities for 2022
12 Jan 2022
Skills for Care
As the new year begins it's the perfect time to start planning learning and development opportunities for your team to make use of this year. read more
12 Jan 2022
Skills for Care
As the new year begins it's the perfect time to start planning learning and development opportunities for your team to make use of this year. read more
Funding
Leadership
Workforce planning
Digital
CQC
Individual employers
A period of transition – support for upcoming inspector calls
02 Nov 2020
Rob Hargreaves
Information Service Manager Rob Hargreaves reflects on how the CQC new Transitional Monitoring Approach helps services to continue to deliver safe, ef…read more
02 Nov 2020
Rob Hargreaves
Information Service Manager Rob Hargreaves reflects on how the CQC new Transitional Monitoring Approach helps services to continue to deliver safe, ef…read more