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Getting the Sums Right

26th Aug 2015

Getting the Sums Right

How to sustainably finance personal health budgets
Empowering and Engaging Communities

25th Aug 2015

Empowering and Engaging Communities

Everyone agrees that building community capacity is vital to achieving sustainable health and wellbeing.
100 days and counting…

10th Sep 2015

100 days and counting…

As the Tory government passes the milestone of its first 100 days in office The National Care Association ask the question; “how high on the Government’s agenda is the crisis in social care funding in view of the Chancellor’s Budget in July, a Budget which imposed further costs of circa £1bn plus on the already fragile market?”
NCA Budget Response

10th Sep 2015

NCA Budget Response

National Care Association has welcomed the Chancellor's emphasis in the budget on providing businesses with the ‘confidence to grow’.
The BAME Leaders Programme – Moving Up Programme

10th Sep 2015

The BAME Leaders Programme – Moving Up Programme

The BAME Leaders Programme was developed in recognition of the importance of having a more representative leadership profile in the sector.

6th July 2017

Information Governance for Social Care Providers Project

Information Governance for Social Care Providers Project

National Care Association together with colleagues from the Registered Nursing Homes Association have been working to prepare guidance for residential and nursing providers to meet the revised requirements for Information Governance we all have to evidence now to CQC and to our commissioners.

Here is an update on how the Information Governance for Social Care Providers Project is going.
 
As you may be aware, the project has suffered some delays due to the unexpected general election but we are now powering on!
 
Where are we now:

  1. NHS Digital have now formally announced that the IG Toolkit version 14.1 will be released on 5th July 2017. [See attached document]
  2. We have guidance available for Care Providers to take them through this new version of the Toolkit, however, we are planning on a soft launch of this material for those who are keen to do the Toolkit this year – mainly the Vanguards. 
  3. As you may know, the Toolkit is being repurposed for the 2018/2019 financial year. The beta version is due to be launched this Autumn prior to a formal roll out in April next year. We are very involved in this process and trying to ensure that the final version (the name will probably change) is fit for purpose and proportional for the sector. It is our hope that our guidance will sit alongside this Toolkit to provide advice to social care providers.
  4. Now that a Government has been formed, we hope for the formal response to Caldicott 3 to be published soon. 

If there are any questions please let us know
Mandy Thorn MBE
Vice Chair, National Care Association

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