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The Victims' Code focuses on victims' rights and sets out the minimum standard that organisations must provide to victims of crime.
Summary of Victims’ Rights 1. To be able to understand and to be…
Information on telecare monitoring systems and personal alarms that can help you stay safe and independent at home.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
Code of practice on the effective prevention and control of infection by health service providers.
Information for adult social care employers in England on learning and development support.
Infection prevention and control measures to reduce the spread of viral acute respiratory infections (ARIs), including COVID-19, in adult social care settings.
The care workforce pathway outlines the knowledge, skills, values and behaviours people need to work in adult social care.
Support for local authorities to carry out the implementation for part 1 of the Care Act 2014.
When and how to register with Ofsted if you want to open or manage a children's home or secure children's home.
Easy read version of the national framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care.
A guide for people who may be in need of ongoing care and support from health and social care professionals.
Sets out how health and care systems should support the safe and timely discharge of people who no longer need to stay in hospital.
How to respond to individuals at risk of developing pressure ulcers, prevent harm where they occur and raise a safeguarding concern.
Annex A form for children's homes and secure children's homes to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
Form to send to Ofsted to cancel your registration.
Infection prevention and control (IPC) principles for adult social care settings in England, to be used with guidance on managing specific infections.
Procedure rules for how tribunal cases are handled in the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber.
Information resource for care home workers about preventing and controlling infection in care homes.
These factsheets accompany Part 1 of the Care Act and reflect changes made to the Care Act statutory guidance in March 2016.
Grant determination for the Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme in the financial year 2025 to 2026.
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