Guidance and regulation

Guidance that supplements the information in the decision makers' guide.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 9 April 2024

Guidance for adult social care providers to comply with information provisions under Section 277A of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 4 April 2024

• Adult social care provider information provisions: guidance for providers on data collection

  Background The COVID-19 pandemic exposed challenges in bringing together…

How the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) puts together the data in its monthly reports.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 4 April 2024

• Adult social care in England statistics: background quality and methodology

  Introduction The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) publishes a…

Infection prevention and control measures to reduce the spread of viral acute respiratory infections (ARIs), including COVID-19, in adult social care settings.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and 1 others
• Updated: 28 March 2024

Sets out COVID-19 testing for hospice patients and staff.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Updated: 25 March 2024

Recommendations from the Chief Social Worker for Adults, principal social workers and principal occupational therapists on flexibility and innovation in approaches to adult social care assessments.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 6 March 2024

Infection prevention and control (IPC) principles for adult social care settings in England, to be used with guidance on managing specific infections.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 1 March 2024

Guidance on the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for non-aerosol generating procedures (APGs) in adult social care settings.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 1 February 2024

Sets out how health and care systems should support the safe and timely discharge of people who no longer need to stay in hospital.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and 1 others
• Updated: 26 January 2024

This document sets out the government’s roadmap for transforming adult social care data in England.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 20 December 2023

What you need to know about registering with Ofsted if you want to open or manage an adoption support agency.

• From: Ofsted
• Updated: 18 December 2023

DHSC's response to the final report and recommendations from Baroness Hollins and the Oversight Panel’s review of the IC(E)TR programme.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 8 November 2023

A letter, final report with recommendations, and a proposed code of practice framework from Baroness Hollins on the use of long-term segregation for people with a learning disability and/or autistic people.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 8 November 2023

Report summarising some of the approaches local authorities are taking to building sustainable and innovative care markets.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 2 November 2023

Guidance on the enforcement process for adult social care providers who do not comply with information requests under section 277A of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 21 July 2023

Formal notice for adult social care providers, setting out the information required by the Secretary of State under section 277A of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 14 July 2023

Describes both the statutory and non-statutory elements of the role of director of public health (DPH).

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 29 June 2023

'You're Welcome': standards to help improve the quality of, and access to, health and wellbeing services for young people.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Updated: 27 June 2023

Information for higher education institutions (HEIs) and students on social work bursary arrangements.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 24 May 2023

Sets out the spending guidance and allocations to local councils from the Grant to Streamline Local Authority Adult Social Care Assessments in 2022 to 2023.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Updated: 4 April 2023