Social care
Services
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Registration of residential care homes (England)
You need to register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to run a residential care home for adults in England
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Become a children's social care provider: registration fee
Ofsted's registration fees and payment form to apply to become a children’s social care provider.
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Registration of independent health care service (England and Wales)
You need to register with the Care Quality Commission or Healthcare Inspectorate to run an independent health care service (eg private hospital or clinic) in England and Wales
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Chief Nurse Adult Social Care Awards: nomination forms
Nominate a nurse or social care worker for a gold or silver award, or a team for a team award.
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Mental Health Act: applications for cross-border transfer of patients
Forms to request a warrant for the cross-border transfer of patients under the Mental Health Act 1983.
Guidance and regulation
- Infection prevention and control in adult social care: COVID-19 supplement
- The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime in England and Wales and supporting public information materials
- Health and Social Care Act 2008: code of practice on the prevention and control of infections
- Hospital discharge and community support guidance
- Childcare and children's social care health declaration form
News and communications
- Government sets out strategy to protect NHS from cyber attacks
- Leeds Health and Social Care Hub launches to improve outcomes across the region
- NHS to expand services to keep vulnerable out of hospital
- New diagnostic centre in Stockton-on-Tees to deliver hundreds of thousands of checks, scans and tests a year
- Free PPE to health and social care sectors extended
Research and statistics
- Quarterly Carers Statistics for Northern Ireland (December 2022)
- The geographic divide in health, disability, and unpaid care: Census 2021
- Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: March 2023
- Quarterly Direct Payment Statistics for Northern Ireland (December 2022)
- Unpaid care and geography: national and local authority comparisons; England and Wales, 2021
Policy papers and consultations
- Community Health and Wellbeing Worker: employer demand scoping
- Operational guidance to implement a lifetime cap on care costs
- Cyber security strategy for health and social care: 2023 to 2030
- Healthy ageing: consensus statement
- Health and Care Act 2022: combined impact assessments
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Adult Social Care Discharge Fund spending plans
- Inspection outcomes of the largest children's social care providers
- Staying Close: section 31 grant determination letters
- Memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and DfE: secure children's homes
- Memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and the Care Inspectorate Wales
Organisations
- Ofsted
- National Data Guardian
- The Charity Commission
- Healthcare UK
- Migration Advisory Committee
- Office for Life Sciences
- Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
- Competition and Markets Authority
- Sellafield Ltd
- Social Security Advisory Committee
- Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
- Forestry Commission
- HM Prison Service
- Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
- Marine Accident Investigation Branch
- Natural England
- Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
- Single Source Regulations Office
- Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
- Youth Justice Board for England and Wales