We are delighted to announce that Boots and National Care Association have agreed to continue their partnership.
Boots will be speaking at the Dementia Conference on 20th October 2010 – click below….. and watch this space for more information.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Survey of providers of Learning Disabilities services
I am really grateful to all those providers of services to people with Learning Disabilities for returning our Survey. If you haven’t can you please try to complete and return to us as soon as possible. If you haven’t received a copy of the survey please follow the link below:
http://www.nationalcareassociation.org.uk/
We are going to analysis responses in mid-June. We will share the results initially with all those who responded and we will use the report in discussions with Government. We will formally launch the report at our Learning Disabilities Conference, 20th October 2010 in London. http://www.nationalcareassociation.org.uk/conference.asp
http://www.nationalcareassociation.org.uk/
We are going to analysis responses in mid-June. We will share the results initially with all those who responded and we will use the report in discussions with Government. We will formally launch the report at our Learning Disabilities Conference, 20th October 2010 in London. http://www.nationalcareassociation.org.uk/conference.asp
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
CQC - Revised Enforcement Policy and Consultation Document
Dear Members,
Please see link below which takes you to two downloads on the revised enforcement policy and consultation document.
http://www.cqc.org.uk/getinvolved/consultations/enforcementpolicy.cfm
Please see link below which takes you to two downloads on the revised enforcement policy and consultation document.
http://www.cqc.org.uk/getinvolved/consultations/enforcementpolicy.cfm
Wednesday 9th June 2010
Dear Members,
At last we are having a quieter week in the office giving us time to catch up with some items and also to plan for the future particularly around seminars and Annual Conference.
We are currently working on a joint meeting with the Kent Care Homes Association in Canterbury on 21 July and a seminar in Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 28 July.
Annual Conference will be held in London on 20 and 21 October. We are having a different format this year to make it easier for people to attend.
There will be a modular structure to the conference - designed to give busy care professionals the opportunity to attend either one or both days, depending on their schedules and subjects of interest.
The developing programme will include a Dementia Care Conference and a Learning Disability Providers Conference running simultaneously on 20 October and the National Conference featuring a number of major speakers on the 21st.
The Conference will be held at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel & Conference Centre, Kensington London.
Today I am off to a Residential Forum workshop entitled “Residential care – After the Election” so more news about that tomorrow.
Dear Members,
At last we are having a quieter week in the office giving us time to catch up with some items and also to plan for the future particularly around seminars and Annual Conference.
We are currently working on a joint meeting with the Kent Care Homes Association in Canterbury on 21 July and a seminar in Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 28 July.
Annual Conference will be held in London on 20 and 21 October. We are having a different format this year to make it easier for people to attend.
There will be a modular structure to the conference - designed to give busy care professionals the opportunity to attend either one or both days, depending on their schedules and subjects of interest.
The developing programme will include a Dementia Care Conference and a Learning Disability Providers Conference running simultaneously on 20 October and the National Conference featuring a number of major speakers on the 21st.
The Conference will be held at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel & Conference Centre, Kensington London.
Today I am off to a Residential Forum workshop entitled “Residential care – After the Election” so more news about that tomorrow.
Monday, June 7, 2010
5th June 2010
I went to the Great British National Care Home Awards on Saturday night which was held at the Guildhall in the London. It was a magnificent event and I presented one of the awards (Dignity in Care).
There were many people there that I hadn’t seen for years and one was an official from the Department of Health. I took the opportunity to speak to him briefly about the latest developments with CQC and re registration. I have this morning sent him an email and I hope to have a response soon. I will of course keep you informed.
Photo below is of the winners of the dignity in care award with Fiona Philips on the left and me on the right!
There were many people there that I hadn’t seen for years and one was an official from the Department of Health. I took the opportunity to speak to him briefly about the latest developments with CQC and re registration. I have this morning sent him an email and I hope to have a response soon. I will of course keep you informed.
Photo below is of the winners of the dignity in care award with Fiona Philips on the left and me on the right!
Friday, June 4, 2010
2nd June
I was grateful that Monday was a bank holiday which gave me time to recover from the busy schedule Nadra and I had last week.
Yesterday (Tuesday) I went to a prevention of infection conference held by the Department of Health in London. I think it was helpful but there was some divergence of opinion amongst the speakers.
The implementation of the Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infection is clear that regulation needs to be proportional for social care providers. That is why we are working with Peter Hawkins of ReQuired Systems to come up with a manual that is appropriate for social care providers.
More about that in a few weeks.
Yesterday (Tuesday) I went to a prevention of infection conference held by the Department of Health in London. I think it was helpful but there was some divergence of opinion amongst the speakers.
The implementation of the Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infection is clear that regulation needs to be proportional for social care providers. That is why we are working with Peter Hawkins of ReQuired Systems to come up with a manual that is appropriate for social care providers.
More about that in a few weeks.
1st June
Last week was a very busy week for Nadra and myself. It began on Sunday 23 May when Nadra and myself travelled to Leeds in preparation for a seminar we had arranged the following day. The seminar was again about the Care Quality Commission and the re registration process and it went very well.
We then set off for Manchester where we stayed the night before another seminar the next day. We hadn’t been to Manchester for several years and this was a really successful seminar. In passing I think I should say how grateful we are to Skills for Care, the National Skills Academy for Social Care and our sponsors for supporting us at all 12 seminars we have held already in 2010.
We haven’t finished yet and are currently planning more, the next one likely to be in Beverley in Yorkshire and one later in the year in Brighton. We are also arranging a meeting in Kent in July with the Kent care Homes Association.
When the seminar in Manchester finished Nadra and I headed off to Heathrow in preparation for an early morning flight on Wednesday to Sweden. We went to attend the Conference of the European Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing (EAHSA) of which National Care Association is a member. In future we will tell members about the conferences so that you can attend if you would like to.
These conferences are immensely useful for both learning from delegates from other Countries about what is happening in social care around the world and also EAHSA examines closely technological and innovative advances which I think we need to take much more notice of.
We enjoyed the conference and at the end we were able to spend a few hours as tourists in Stockholm
We then set off for Manchester where we stayed the night before another seminar the next day. We hadn’t been to Manchester for several years and this was a really successful seminar. In passing I think I should say how grateful we are to Skills for Care, the National Skills Academy for Social Care and our sponsors for supporting us at all 12 seminars we have held already in 2010.
We haven’t finished yet and are currently planning more, the next one likely to be in Beverley in Yorkshire and one later in the year in Brighton. We are also arranging a meeting in Kent in July with the Kent care Homes Association.
When the seminar in Manchester finished Nadra and I headed off to Heathrow in preparation for an early morning flight on Wednesday to Sweden. We went to attend the Conference of the European Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing (EAHSA) of which National Care Association is a member. In future we will tell members about the conferences so that you can attend if you would like to.
These conferences are immensely useful for both learning from delegates from other Countries about what is happening in social care around the world and also EAHSA examines closely technological and innovative advances which I think we need to take much more notice of.
We enjoyed the conference and at the end we were able to spend a few hours as tourists in Stockholm
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