This section provides links to guidance, other information and national organisations for provider services.
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Guidance Reports and Information
Recently added: International Recruitment Toolkit for Adult Social Care Providers: A Guide to Good Practice (Department for Health and Social Care)
Bed Rails: Management and Safe Use (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)
Beyond Barriers: How Older People move between Health and Care in England (CQC)
Care and Support of People Growing Older with Learning Disabilities Overview (NICE)
Cold Weather Plan for England (UKSA, NHS, Met Office)
Complaints: Good Practice Guide for Care Providers (LGSCO)
Co-production: What it is and how to do it (SCIE)
Dementia: Assessment, Management and Support for People living with Dementia and their Carers (NICE)
Enabling Positive Lives for Autistic Adults (NICE)
Enhanced Health in Care Homes Learning from Experiences so far (Kings Fund)
Equally Outstanding: Equality and Human Rights – Good Practice Resource (CQC)
Falls: applying All Our Health (Public Health England)
Final Guidance on Visiting and Accompanying in Care Homes, Hospitals and Hospices (CQC)
Guidance on Outbreaks of Influenza (Flu) in Care Homes (Public Health England)
Guidance on the Management of Alcohol in Care Settings (University of Bedfordshire)
Heatwave Plan for England (PHE, DHSC and NHS)
Helping to Prevent Infection: A Quick Guide for Home Care Managers (SCIE and NICE)
Helping to Prevent Deaths and Illnesses associated with Cold Homes (SCIE and NICE)
Helping You Deliver Good and Outstanding Care (Skills for Care)
Improving Healthcare Access for People with Learning Disabilities (Public Health England)
Influenza-Like Illness (ILI): Managing Outbreaks in Care Homes (UK Health Security Agency)
Infection Prevention and Control in Adult Social Care: COVID-19 Supplement (DHSC)
Inspection Toolkit (Skills for Care)
International Recruitment Toolkit for Adult Social Care Providers: A Guide to Good Practice (DHSC)
Learning Disabilities and Behaviour that Challenges: Service Design and Delivery (NICE)
Learning from Safety Incidents (CQC)
Managing Medicines in Care Homes (NICE)
Older People with Social Care Needs and Multiple Long-term Conditions (NICE)
Recognising and Preventing Delirium (NICE)
Safe Care at Home Review (gov.uk)
Smiling Matters: Oral Health Care in Care Homes (CQC)
Supporting Personal Relationships (Skills for Care)
Supporting vulnerable people before and during a heatwave: for care home managers and staff
The Data Security and Protection Toolkit (Digital Care Hub)
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism (NHS England)
The Role of Care Homes in End of Life Care (Public Health England)
Transition between Inpatient Mental Health Settings and Community or Care Home Settings (NICE)
What Good Looks Like for Digital Records in Adult Social Care (CQC)
Working with Older LGBTQ+ People (Skills for Care)