 We know that over the course of the pandemic many people who live in care homes will have faced exceptionally difficult circumstances, being unable to be with the people they love, and it has often been hard for loved ones unable to visit or spend important time with them while homes have limited or restricted visitors. The majority of care home providers continue to make every effort to follow the latest guidance. I'd like to thank everyone who has played a part to safely support their residents to maintain these important relationships. The Department of Health and Social Care released new guidance on the 31 January 2022 which lifts visiting restrictions in care homes. We've shared a statement on our website about our regulatory approach in line with this latest guidance and how we've acted on concerns about potential restrictions to visiting in care homes. We know person centred care is about supporting people in all aspects of their lives, including spending meaningful time with their loved ones. We want to work with you to ensure this happens for everyone. Our expectation remains that providers follow government guidance and if something changes in your service and you're no longer able to do this, please speak with your CQC inspector as soon as possible. Kate Terroni, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care |  Each year we send an invitation for registered managers to complete the provider information return (PIR) on the anniversary month of the first time we inspected your location. We use the information submitted through the PIR as part of our ongoing monitoring that helps us understand the quality of care you provide. We've made some changes to the systems we use to send out the PIR. Meaning that you'll receive your next PIR request from a different email address. New requests will come from surveys@service.cqc.org.uk. If you have already received a request please continue to use this link. The new system will be in place for new requests from next week. If you have any queries please contact ascinspections@cqc.org.uk  Latest projects on Citizen Lab In this year's State of Care report we discussed how health and social care services and systems had been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We also explored the impact of the pandemic on the people providing health and social care services, people accessing care, their relatives and carers. Through this survey we'd like to understand what your thoughts are on our findings from State of Care 2020/2021.  The latest phase of the Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC) national adult social care recruitment campaign - 'Made with Care' is live from now until March 2022. The campaign materials are appearing across England and reaching millions of potential job seekers. The increased awareness of the adult social care sector will support care providers across the country in recruiting the dedicated staff you need by helping to position adult social care as a rewarding job where people can empower others to lead fulfilling lives. 'Made with Care' advertising directs applicants to the adult social care website, where they can search and apply for social care vacancies. To take advantage of the campaign you should advertise your vacancies on DWP 'Find a Job' as this will allow them to be easily found by candidates with the right values Visit the adult social care recruitment site for expert advice, handy tips and simple templates to use in your local recruitment activity.  Following the DHSC and NHSE/I letter on actions for accelerating the number of people discharged home further resources to support systems in developing care units in care homes are now available on FutureNHS. A toolkit, developed with clinicians, care home providers, local government, primary care and others, provides more information to support systems, working with local partners to set up rehabilitation units in care homes. You will need to register with FutureNHS, alternatively please contact england.communityrehab@nhs.net. | 
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