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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Form COP DOL10: Apply to authorise a deprivation of liberty
Social workers can use this form to apply for permission from the court to restrain and restrict someone in a care setting.
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Request leave for restricted patients
Complete this form to apply for S17 leave for a restricted patient being treated for mental health issues at your hospital.
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Apply to the Life Chances Fund: 2020 Further Allocation Process
A top-up fund supporting the launch and scaling of innovative, locally-developed, outcomes-based contracts
Guidance and regulation
- Prepare for the Health and Social Care Levy
- Infection prevention and control in adult social care: COVID-19 supplement
- Infection prevention and control in adult social care settings
- Hospital discharge and community support guidance
- The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime in England and Wales and supporting public information materials
News and communications
- New funding for local authorities to prepare for charging reform
- Health Secretary announces 10-year plan for dementia
- Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid speech at Alzheimer's Society 2022 conference
- Chief Social Worker for Adults publishes annual report
- Increased funding for nursing in care homes
Research and statistics
- Palliative and end of life care profiles: July 2022 data update
- Quarterly Carers Statistics for Northern Ireland (March 2022)
- Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: June 2022
- Palliative and end of life care profiles: June 2022 data update
- The association between the discharge of patients from hospitals and COVID in care homes
Policy papers and consultations
- Changes to the law and guidance about making your own decisions (easy read)
- Changes to the MCA Code of Practice and implementation of the LPS
- Operational guidance to implement a lifetime cap on care costs
- Operational guidance to implement a lifetime cap on care costs (easy read)
- People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform white paper
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Staying Close: section 31 grant determination letters
- Memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and the Care Inspectorate Wales
- NICE annual accountability review minutes
- Inspection outcomes of the largest children's social care providers
- A Memorandum of Understanding between the Information Commissioner and the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care
Organisations
- Ofsted
- 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
- Veterans UK
- Youth Justice Board for England and Wales