Back to work....

Back to work this morning after a happy week's holiday visiting my daughter in Qatar. Straight into a meeting at 9am with a small sub committee of members of the Care Providers Alliance (CPA). A significant grant has been made to the CPA through ECCA by the Department of Health to raise awareness around the personalisation agenda.

At the meeting this morning the project plan was agreed and by the end of the year a report should be well under way to inform you about personalisation.

It is hoped that further funding will be available next year to continue with this work and to help independent sector providers to concentrate on the person centred approach to care.

Care Quality Commission

When I got to the office very early this morning I found on my desk a copy of the Care Quality Commission's Consultation Document 'Guidance about compliance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Registration Requirements) Regulations 2009'. It was lucky I went into the office to check my post because by 11am I was in the Care Quality Commission's office in the City for a scheduled introductory meeting with Roxy Boyce who is Head of National Provider Relationships. We had a useful discussion for almost an hour and agreed to stay in touch.

The consultation document can be found at:
http://www.cqc.org.uk/getinvolved/consultations/consultationonnewregistrationstandards.cfm

National Care Association will of course be responding but I hope you will want to as well.