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and social care in England | | | A regular update for providers and professionals working in adult social care. | | Kate Terroni's latest column  The latest column from Kate Terroni, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care is now available in Care Management Matters. Kate talks about CQC's inspection priorities, including our commitment to inspecting more services to re-rate and recognise improvement. | |  In the first blog of a new series exploring CQC's progress in delivering the ambitions of our strategy, Ian Trenholm, Chief Executive Officer at CQC reflects on the work we've done over the last 12 months. | A year ago, Kate Terroni made a public pledge, instigated by the work of Social Care Future to include the voices of people with lived experience when speaking publicly. Kate Terroni, Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care and CQC inspectors will be at UK Care Week on 6 and 7 July. Visit the CQC stand (J44) and speak to our inspectors who will be available to answer your queries, from registration to site visits, on both days. UK Care Week unites the care community, celebrates the talent of care workers and holds a collective voice for change. Some of the care sectors biggest challenges will be discussed at the event which includes CPD accredited seminars from experts such as: Kate Terroni, National Care Forum's Vic Rayner OBE, Nadra Ahmed OBE from the National Care Association, as well as representatives from Hallmark Care Homes, Virgin Money, Care Workers' Charity, The Homecare Association and many more. Book a free appointment to meet one of the CQC team at a time that suits you and register for the free event here. CQC User Research We're looking for more providers and professionals working in health and social care to sign-up to receiving opportunities to provide feedback on our products and services. We will email you different types of research for you to feedback on, on a regular basis, and provide you with information on time frames for each activity and how to sign up. You can sign up to take part depending on your availability. Sessions will be varied, we may do a 1:1 interview, survey, show you a prototype/new designs, or ask you to use a service unassisted. Please be assured that all of the options for you to provide your feedback will be safe spaces and every participant's responses will be treated equally. If you're able to take part please complete this form to receive future opportunities from us. Any responses you provide will be anonymised and you'll only be referred to in the context of your organisation, for example 'A user who manages a large care home'. Your participation in user research will not have any impact on your inspections or overall relationship with CQC. We understand how busy you are, and we appreciate any help you can give us. | | Other news -
We've published our updated guidance on the Scope of registration. This replaces the previous version which was last published in March 2015. The Scope guidance helps all registered providers to decide whether they need to register with us. The updated guidance covers: - who and what needs to be registered with CQC
- what each regulated activity includes - and what it doesn't include
- which regulated activities health and care providers are most likely to need to register for.
Although the regulations themselves are the same, a lot has changed since 2015. The updates reflect the changes in the way health and social care is now delivered and how regulated activities apply to some new types of services. It explains how these services come under the regulated activities to make sure we're registering and regulating providers to keep people safe. We've also updated a lot of the language, to make the guidance clearer and more accessible, and improved the format so it's easier to use on the improved website. - As we continue to develop our new single assessment framework, we're committed to getting your feedback about what we need to look at when inspecting your services. Join or sign-in to Citizen Lab to answer two short surveys on evidence requirements.
- Recruitment resources; in addition to the guidance and FAQs we shared with you in our last bulletin, you may find the following jobs board, interactive map, and National Care Forum newsletter helpful.
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NHS England has published a letter outlining the NHS response to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. The letter outlines a 'risk stratified clinical approach, in line with the UKHSA principles paper, to ensure that confirmed cases of monkeypox receive appropriate care, while also managing transmission risk'. - The Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) Benefits Bundle now includes new offers including discounts off endorsed training, eLearning and courses. Sign up for free to access these and other tools such as benchmarking.
- We are looking for developers and adopters of artificial intelligence (AI) in health and care and some data-driven technologies to help shape the development of an advice service. The service will offer information and guidance on legal and ethical use of data, regulation and health technology assessment (HTA). The project is a collaboration between the CQC and other national bodies. We have developed a prototype for developers and adopters of AI and are now looking to test and improve it through user research. If you're interested in taking part please complete this form.
- CQC podcasts are now available on YouTube as videos with subtitles. Go to CQC Connect - YouTube to find the accessible podcast episodes.
- Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have shared their latest Adult Social Care update. Read the update, share and sign-up for them to be sent directly to your inbox.
- In March, we held a series of coproduction sessions to help the development of our approach to Integrated Care System oversight and Local Authority assurance. In this video, we playback what we heard through those sessions, highlighting how that feedback has informed and influenced our thinking so far, and outline the next steps.
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