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Diary of a CQC assessment: Stage two- Mobilisation and evidence-gathering
From our experience, the CQC Assessment programme may be divided into a number of distinct stages over a period of up to 16 weeks. Of course, this timeline will no doubt be different once the formal assessment programme develops. We are all learning at this stage – both the CQC away-team and ourselves. Mobilisation and […]
30 June 2024
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ADASS responds to the Health and Social Care Select Committee report on workforce resilience
ADASS warmly welcomes the Commons Health and Social Care Committee’s report on workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care, particularly its call for publication of a people plan for social care as a matter of urgency and for objective, transparent and independently audited workforce projections for five-, 10- and 20-year periods. It welcomes […]
30 June 2024
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Diary of a CQC assessment: Stage three – Preparation for the onsite visit
Selecting people to be interviewed for the on-site visit was an area where attention was needed both in terms of selecting key stakeholders to participate, while keeping those not directly involved updated. In our case, the number of days and content of each day for the visit changed regularly – I suspect it will be […]
30 June 2024
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ADASS responds to the Spending Review 2021
Responding to the Chancellor’s Budget and spending review, ADASS vice-president Sarah McClinton said: “It is deeply disappointing that the Chancellor failed to recognise the crisis in social care that is already upon us and will now only deepen this winter. “We are facing a perfect storm, with care staff quitting, family carers reaching breaking point, […]
30 June 2024
ADASS responds to consultation on staff COVID-19 vaccines in adult care homes
In response to the Government’s announcement of a consultation on staff vaccination in adult care homes, James Bullion, ADASS President, said: “The vaccination programme represents a major step forward in the fight against Covid-19, particularly in residential settings such as care homes. “It is important to acknowledge that significant progress has been made towards keeping […]
30 June 2024
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Diary of a CQC assessment: Stage four – The onsite visit
The on-site visit lasted two intensive days with two days further for Teams interviews and there were up to three sets of interviews running each day. One point of note is that even after the on-site had ended and virtual meetings completed there were a number of follow up e-mails with information requests that arose […]
30 June 2024
Statements
ADASS responds to New NHSD Report ‘Adult Social Care Statistics in England: An Overview
On today’s announcement of the publication of the latest report by NHS Digital, which publishes health and social care data, James Bullion, President of ADASS, says: “Today’s report by NHSD reveals a number of indications about the rising and unacceptable levels of unmet needs for social care that now exist across all age groups. “The […]
30 June 2024
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Diary of a CQC assessment: Stage five & six – Reflection, feedback, initial findings and discussion
Stage 5 – reflection and feedback This stage was a moment for collective reflection (and a thank you) that I had built into the schedule at the end of the on-site week, which is entirely discretionary, but very much something I felt was right to do without really knowing if it would work to […]
30 June 2024
Statements
ADASS responds to funding to help with retention and recruitment of the adult social care workforce
Responding to the announcement of £162.5 million in funding to help with retention and recruitment of the adult social care workforce, Cathie Williams, Chief Executive of ADASS said: In the run up to what promises to be an incredibly difficult winter, it is important to know that we set out to Government the need for […]
30 June 2024
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ADASS responds to new NAO Report ‘The Social Care Market in England’
In response to the ‘The Adult Social Care Market in England’ report, published by the NAO today, Stephen Chandler, ADASS Vice President, said: “This NAO report adds to the ever-growing body of evidence highlighting the increasingly perilous state of care markets, ongoing recruitment and retention challenges, and most importantly the impact on people including an […]
30 June 2024